Organs for human transplant grown in sheep & pigs

What will they think of next .....Organs which could be used for human transplants are being grown in farm animals for the first time in an attempt to solve the global shortage of donors and push the boundaries of medical science, it has been revealed.
Some 50 sheep and pigs have been implanted with the embryos of human/animal ‘chimera’. Scientists hope the genetically-modified beasts will grow human organs suitable for transplant.

While the experimental science has not yet taken place in the UK, the government’s animal research advisers are expected to give the technique the thumbs up when they publish legal guidelines on the practice this week.

However, animal rights groups have called the methods ‘Frankenscience’, arguing it is cruel to create genetically-modified animals.

National Health Service (NHS) figures show 429 people died in 2014 while waiting for an organ transplant in Britain. Animal-grown organs could radically reduce this number....... [link to www.rt.com (secure)]