Australia desperately needs more organs. Could pigs be our saviour?

Quick Smart
21/10/2025 10 min
Australia desperately needs more organs. Could pigs be our saviour?

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If you needed a life-saving transplant, would you take a gene-edited organ from a pig? It sounds like science fiction, but this procedure has been researched for decades, and it could help solve the massive organ shortage. But is it ethical to use animals for their parts? And are there other risks? 

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