US Patent Issued to The Curators of the University of Missouri on Jan. 20 for "Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus resistant animals" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,305, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Mo.).

"Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus resistant animals" was invented by Randall S. Prather (Rocheport, Mo.), Kevin D. Wells (Columbia, Mo.) and Kristin M. Whitworth (Columbia, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to genetically modified swine wherein at least one allele of a SIGLEC1 gene has been inactivated and/or at least one allele of a CD163 gene has been inactivated. Genetically modified swine having both alleles of the SIGLEC1 gene and/or both alleles CD163 gene inactivated ar...