The PRRS virus kills hundreds of thousands of pigs worldwide every year, but scientists at the Roslin Institute famed for cloning Dolly the Sheep (inset) 25 years ago believe they could eradicate the disease through gene editing GENE edited meat will be “on our supermarket shelves and on our dinner plates” in three to five years say scientists who have struck a deal to produce the world’s first pigs resistant to a devastating respiratory virus. Researchers at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh set out the plan 25 years on from their seminal cloning breakthrough with the birth of Dolly the Sheep.
Cameron John Oakley pleaded guilty to manslaughter of small-town nemesis
Lachlan Hutchins, 25, fatally stabbed five times in the stomach, chest and neck
Court heard Oakley sent several chilling texts to friends after the 2019 stabbing
Offered his deepest regret and sincere remorse to Mr Hutchins family in a letter
Oakley has already spent 644 days in custody and will be sentenced at later date