Last year, surgeons in the US carried out the first transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a male subject, who was able to be discharged from hospital and survived for around two months before dying of an unrelated condition. The organ in that case was supplied by Massachusetts biotech eGenesis.

A PIG’S liver has been transplanted into a living human for the first time by Chinese scientists. Surgeons have grafted hearts and kidneys before but not proven success with a liver, which is a

In the U.S. last year, surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania attempted that sort of “bridge” support by externally attaching a pig liver to a brain-dead human body to filter blood, much like dialysis for failing kidneys. U.S. pig developer eGenesis is studying that approach.