Cell
mass
Egg
Dish
The ultimate goal
To develop a pig with selected, fully transplantable, human organs
3
Hybrid embryo is returned to sow carrying a small fraction of human cells
2
These are introduced into
an early-stage pig embryo
1
Stem cells are made
from adult human cells
Cell mass
Egg
Dish
The ultimate goal
To develop a pig with selected, fully transplantable, human organs
3
Hybrid embryo is returned to sow carrying a small fraction of human cells
2
These are introduced into
an early-stage pig embryo
1
Stem cells are made
from adult human cells