The technique involves injecting genetic material from fetal pig skin cells into eggs stripped of their own genetic material.

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Made with collagen-rich pig skin, it is solid at low temperatures but melts into liquid when the dumpling is steamed.

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New biologic meshes including some made from pig skin are being used in complex repairs because they can reduce the chance of infection, but they are more expensive.

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To show Zylast works for hours, Innovative BioDefense funded a study done at Pace University in New York that tested the product by applying it to swatches of pig skin.

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