Japanese startup creates pigs engineered for organ donation

PorMedTec plans interspecies kidney transplants on humans from 2025

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PorMedTec has delivered three piglets genetically engineered to have organs suitable for transplanting into humans. (PorMedTec)

TATSUYA OZAKI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese startup PorMedTec has delivered three newborn piglets genetically engineered to have organs suitable for transplanting into humans.

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