Science fact? Reseachers hope to grow human organs inside pigs

Cara Livernois | June 06, 2016 | Health Exec | Precision Medicine

In a modern day Greek legend, researchers from the University of California have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos. The hope is that the hybrid will be a normal functioning pig but the resulting fetus will grow a human pancreas. The goal is to grow human organs for translplant, including not just a pancreas but hearts, livers, kidneys, lungs and corneas.

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