Baboons survive 6 months after getting a pig heart transplant
New transplant procedures bring scientists a step closer to using pig donors for human organs
![Anubis baboon](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/120518_JL_baboon-heart-transplant_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
TRIUMPHANT TRANSPLANT Scientists have successfully transplanted pig hearts into Anubis baboons, like the one shown above, and hope to eventually place similar genetically modified pig organs into humans.
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