{"id":6793,"date":"2022-01-21T14:44:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=6793"},"modified":"2022-01-21T14:44:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:44:55","slug":"mizzou-researchers-prepared-the-way-for-pig-to-human-heart-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2022\/01\/21\/mizzou-researchers-prepared-the-way-for-pig-to-human-heart-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Mizzou researchers prepared the way for pig-to-human heart transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Prather-1-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Prather-1-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Randall Prather in front of a sign for the National Swine Resource &amp; Research Center.\" class=\"wp-image-6786\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have heard the news that surgeons in Baltimore transplanted a pig heart into a human patient. But did you know that the breakthrough technology (gene edited \u201cknockout\u201d pigs) that makes the procedure possible was pioneered at Mizzou?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Randall Prather, Curators\u2019 Distinguished Professor and director of the National Swine Resource &amp; Research Center, recently&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.baltimoresun.com%2fopinion%2fop-ed%2fbs-ed-op-0123-pig-transplant-20220121-vroimom7nbbutf4j7de37cdduy-story.html&amp;data=04%7c01%7cgerlingk%40missouri.edu%7c63810c81b21d45044b1208d9dd1145c6%7ce3fefdbef7e9401ba51a355e01b05a89%7c0%7c0%7c637783888524047822%7cunknown%7ctwfpbgzsb3d8eyjwijoimc4wljawmdailcjqijoiv2lumziilcjbtii6ik1hawwilcjxvci6mn0%3d%7c3000&amp;sdata=7xctz61pyyjjaj5biljz3conyuw1oqjpbomc7qnlyhc%3d&amp;reserved=0\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fopinion%2Fop-ed%2Fbs-ed-op-0123-pig-transplant-20220121-vroimom7nbbutf4j7de37cdduy-story.html&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cgerlingk%40missouri.edu%7C63810c81b21d45044b1208d9dd1145c6%7Ce3fefdbef7e9401ba51a355e01b05a89%7C0%7C0%7C637783888524047822%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=7xcTZ61pyYJJAj5bilJz3cONyUw1oqjpBomc7QNlYhc%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Link published an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun\">published an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun<\/a> outlining the history of this groundbreaking research and how discoveries with knockout pigs (which included making them glow) eventually led to a lifesaving transplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Prather and his team continue their work as leaders in the field of pig genetics. I\u2019m proud to see them so prominently recognized for their accomplishments and to be part of a culture of innovation that makes the impossible possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have heard the news that surgeons in Baltimore transplanted a pig heart into a human patient. But did you know that the breakthrough technology (gene edited \u201cknockout\u201d pigs) that makes the procedure possible was pioneered at Mizzou? Randall Prather, Curators\u2019 Distinguished Professor and director of the National Swine Resource &amp; Research Center, recently&nbsp;published [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}