Brazil will have the technology to transplant pig organs into humans

(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) Gene-edited pigs may reduce Brazil's transplant waiting list. Still in its initial stages and presented at FAPESP Week London, a project will assess how patients awaiting kidney transplants react to porcine blood.

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news