Pig heart transplants could be performed by the NHS in the next decade, according to a leading expert. Xenotransplantation-using animal organs for people-has long been touted as a panacea for the organ donor shortage, but the process is rife with difficulties. Pigs are anatomically very similar to humans and therefore they are the best-suited animal donor candidate. Last week, a genetically modified pig heart was transplanted into a chronically ill person in the US in a world first and it has th
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