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Hemoglobin made in pigs works just like human hemoglobin
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Correct assembly of human normal adult hemoglobin when expressed in transgenic swine: chemical, conformational and functional equivalence with the human-derived protein.
doi:10.1093/PROTEIN/11.7.5838%
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Scientists made human hemoglobin in special pigs and checked if it works the same as the real human kind. They found it looks the same, acts the same, and carries oxygen just like human hemoglobin.
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Manjula BN, Kumar R, Sun DP, Ho NT, Ho C, Rao JM, Malavalli A, Acharya AS