AMERICAN Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus, otherwise known as pestivirus.
Ginger is a gene-edited calf resistant developed to be resistant to pestivirus. Photo: US Agricultural Research Service
The recent study waspublished in PNAS Nexus results from a collaboration between the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the University of Kentucky, and industry partners, Acceligen and Recombinetics, Inc.
BVDV is one of the most significant viruses affecting the health and…
