A Pig Heart Survives In Baboon For 2.5 Years, Pig-To-Human Lungs May Be Next
Interspecies organ transplants are advancing quickly, though there are still many hurdles to overcome.
Researchers have kept a pig heart alive and ticking in a baboon for 945 days. The heart, from a genetically modified pig, was designed to function in a primate. The next step is pig-to-human transplants.