German scientists to breed genetically-modified pigs for human heart transplants

German scientists plan to clone and then breed genetically-modified pigs this year to serve as heart donors for humans. Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com The plan is based on a simpler version of a US-engineered animal used last month in the world's first pig-to-human transplant. Eckhard Wolf, a scientist at Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in … Continue reading German scientists to breed genetically-modified pigs for human heart transplants