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When in the pig life cycle are the genes edited? Is this in the embryo or later on? Surely not after birth?

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    The heart xenotransplant was finally performed by the UMMC cardiac transplantation team on January 7, 2022. That morning, the heart was removed from a 1-year-old, 240-pound genetically modified pig supplied by regenerative medicine company Revivicor.

    source: https://www.umms.org/ummc/pros/physician-briefs/transplant/heart-transplant/porcine-to-human-cardiac-xenotransplantation

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