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Hearts began to beat in the pig-human hybrids.
Chinese scientists say they have succeeded in growing hearts made partly from human cells in pig embryos for the first time in history. Although the hybrids they created only survived for three weeks, the team hopes that cross-species organ donation could help alleviate the global organ shortage in the future.
Human hearts successfully grown in PIG embryos
In a groundbreaking experiment, researchers have successfully grown tiny human hearts in pig embryos that survived up to 21 days – a development that could one day help solve the global organ shortage. The findings, presented at the International Society for Stem Cell Research conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, mark a major milestone in xenotransplantation. Source
For the first time, scientists grow beating human-pig hearts
Researchers at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, are growing hearts containing human cells in pig embryos. The pig embryos survived for 21 days, and the hearts had started beating, the researchers announced at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research annual meeting last week. Human… The post For the first time, scientists grow beating human-pig hearts for 21 days appe…
Chinese researchers have, for the first time, succeeded in cultivating tiny human hearts inside pig embryos. Human cells have been implanted in embryos at the morula stage, and swine-human hybrids have survived for 21 days, when hearts have begun to beat. This type of implant could eventually be an alternative to organ donations, an area that has been plagued for years by a serious shortage. The shortage of donors for organ transplantation [...]…
Tiny Human Hearts Grown in Pig Embryos For the First Time
Scientists have successfully grown beating human hearts inside pig embryos for the first time, marking a significant advance in developing human-animal chimeras for potential organ transplantation. The hybrid embryos survived for 21 days, during which the fingertip-sized hearts began beating, accord...
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