THE PAIN OF HEARTBREAK: Should we be breeding pigs just for their hearts?

JAN DUTKIEWICZ: Humans and pigs share 98 percent of the same genes. Most of those similarities don’t matter—we share genes with a lot of animals. But a small number of specific similarities do: They make it possible to use porcine tissue for human ends. And with recent developments in gene editing technology, knocking down a … Continue reading THE PAIN OF HEARTBREAK: Should we be breeding pigs just for their hearts?