Pig Organs Transplant Might One Day Be Superior To Human Ones, Expert Says
What if the solution to the chronic shortage of human organs wasn’t another person’s kidney, but a pig’s? That’s exactly what Dr. Robert Montgomery, a
What if the solution to the chronic shortage of human organs wasn’t another person’s kidney, but a pig’s? That’s exactly what Dr. Robert Montgomery, a
Researchers successfully transplanted genetically modified pig hearts into two recently deceased people connected to ventilators, the New York University team announced on July 12, 2022. The surgeries were the latest step forward in the field of animal-to-human transplants, or xenotransplantation, which has seen a flurry of successes so far this year — raising hopes for a new, steady supply of organs to ease shortages.
