Organs transplants from pigs could be a reality in less than a decade, claims Lord Winston
Date: 11.11.2008
**Hearts and kidneys** taken from genetically modified pigs could be transplanted into humans within a decade, a leading scientist has said.
Lord Winston, the fertility expert at Imperial College London, is developing a **genetically modified strain of pig** that he believes could solve the shortage of organs for transplant patients.
The pigs, which could eventually also donate other organs such as the liver, will be bred so that transplants will not be rejected by the human body.
More "greenbio.checkbiotech.org":[ http://greenbio.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-11-07/Organs_transplants_from_pigs_could_be_a_reality_in_less_than_a_decade,_claims_Lord_Winston/]
