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A lung from a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a person for the first time1. The recipient, a 39-year-old man in China, was brain dead, but the organ survived for nine days. At least half a dozen people in the United States and China have received organs from genome-edited pigs, including hearts, kidneys, …
Most pigs in the US are confined to factory farms where they can be afflicted by a nasty respiratory virus that kills piglets. The illness is called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or PRRS. A few years ago, a British company called Genus set out to design pigs immune to this germ using CRISPR gene …
Senator Kennedy: "I think Elon Musk is a rockstar. The tofu crowd is mad, but when you trim fat, pigs squeal." pic.twitter.com/b6W1YqVmtl — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 17, 2025 69 𝕏 MINUTES UNCUT | ERIN’S TAKE: WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BECOME IS SIMPLY UNBELIEVABLE "Imagine the world's richest man, Elon Musk, volunteering his time to essentially save …
