The Source

Pig kidney transplantation: what it means for the future


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More than 100,000 people in the U.S. need an organ transplant, but there is a shortage of donors. Could the solution be found in pigs? The early success of the first transplant of a pig kidney into a living human points to a future when xenotransplantation could be routine.
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The SourceBy David Martin Davies

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