A recent New Atlas article discussed a landmark procedure in which a modified pig heart was successfully transplanted into a human patient. The heart was supplied by Revivicor, a regenerative medicine company. It came from a pig that had been genetically engineered with about 10 modifications, all intended to reduce the chance of rejection by the recipient’s immune system.
US Surgeons Perform First Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant
Advanced gene editing allowed for the development of a pig organ that a human immune system wouldn’t reject.
Jan 14, 2022
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