A US Farm Breeds Pigs for Human Kidney Transplants

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Genetic Modification Revivicor United Therapeutics

On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. Revivicor, the biotech company Ayares leads, is at the forefront of xenotransplantation research -- the implantation of animal organs into humans -- which aims to solve a ...