Pigging Out Healthfully: Engineered pork has more omega-3s

Bringing home the bacon may soon lead to a healthier meal. In a feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created pigs that sport much higher concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids in their tissues than normal pigs do.

LITTLE PIG, LITTLE PIG. These transgenic animals have four to five times pigs’ normal concentration of healthful omega-3 fatty acids in their tissues.