Improving the compatibility of pig organs for transplantation Subject :Science and tech Section: Biotechnology Context: The design and successful transplantation of kidney grafts from genetically modified pigs into non­-human primates has been described in a recent study published in ‘Nature’ magazine. What is Xenotransplantation? Xenotransplantation, or transplanting organs across different species, was first tried in humans in the 1980s. The experiment was abandoned after the famous case of the American […]