This salmon has an `oink' (Genetically altered pork)

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This salmon has an `oink'
Genetically altered pork high in omega-3

By Denise Gellene
Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Published March 27, 2006


If a new kind of pork makes it to the dinner table, healthy eaters might finally be free to, well, pig out.

Scientists using genetic engineering have produced pigs rich in omega-3 fatty acids, a kind of healthy fat abundant in many fish but not naturally found in meat.

The acids are believed to offer some protection against heart attacks, and federal nutrition guidelines recommend them in daily diets.

Questions remain, however. Because the research is in its early stages, no one has yet sampled the pigs to see if they still taste like pork.
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