Scientists have grown humanized kidneys in pigs, raising the prospect of human organs being grown inside animals. The research involved creating human-pig chimeric embryos containing a combination of human and pig cells. When transferred into surrogate pig mothers, the developing embryos were shown to have kidneys that contained mostly human Read more…

eGenesis has started transplanting gene-edited pigs’ hearts into infant baboons — and humans may be next. The baby baboon is wearing a mesh gown and appears to be sitting upright. “This little lady … looks pretty philosophical, I would say,” says Eli Katz, who is showing me the image over Read more…