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Pig Heart Transplants Move Closer to Trials in Two Years
San Francisco AP reports scientists plan clinical trials transplanting pig hearts into humans within two years. Nextran Inc has bred pigs with human genes to reduce rejection. baboon trials showed pig heart viability, while ethics and costs loom. 50,000 on transplant list but only 18,000 annual transplants possible. debate over animal rights and cross species ethics intensifies.
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San Francisco
Ernest Prentice
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Nextran Inc
Nextran
John Logan
Gabrielle Friedly
American Liver Foundation
John Roberts
University of California
Richard Land
Southern Baptist Convention