Podcasts Government Animals Today Radio Animals Today February 5, 2022. First pig to human heart transplant spells trouble. Truck carrying 100 macaques crashes, releasing animals onto the frigid highway. Hot news. Dementia in dogs. Famous dogs of Hollywood.

Animals Today February 5, 2022. First pig to human heart transplant spells trouble. Truck carrying 100 macaques crashes, releasing animals onto the frigid highway. Hot news. Dementia in dogs. Famous dogs of Hollywood.

Published: Feb. 18, 2022, 1:32 a.m.

We begin with the very big story of the first transplant of a heart from a pig to a human. Xenotransplantation, organ transplant between species, has been a medical goal for decades.\xa0 The main hinderances to \u201cprogress\u201d in this field have been related to organ rejection owing to the brisk immune response to foreign tissues. [\u2026]