TWO separate teams have taken a key step towards creating pigs whose organs
won’t be instantly rejected by our immune system. But there is still a lot of
work to do before pig organs could permanently replace failing human ones.
At any time, more than 60,000 people are waiting for transplants in the US
alone. Thousands die each year because not enough organs are available. Some
doctors think pig organs could fill the gap. Though primates are a closer
immunological match, pigs are easier to breed and raise.
But the human body doesn’t take kindly to pig parts. Pig…
