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Scientists Created Low-Fat Pigs By Editing Their Genes With CRISPR: Finding A Happy Medium | TIME

Oct 31, 2017

Raising pigs for food is a tricky business—mostly because of their fat, the part that makes bacon so tasty. You can't plump them up too much, because overly fat pigs are more expensive to raise. Since they're not as efficient at burning body fat, they require more energy