hi! So the genetically modified pigs are probs going to look like regular pigs. I assume they're doing this to make xenotransplantation possible. The pigs' internal organs will have human genes to make them compatible for transplant into a human host. https://twitter.com/chaneljeonjk/status/1278813530276237312

Imagine if we can do that successfully! No one will die because of a lack of organ donors. Stop making sound science look scary!

Why pigs? Because their internal organs already resemble ours. Sometimes a transplant is unsuccessful because the patient's body rejects the donor's organ. That's human to human transfer na ha. So you really have to genetically edit the pig to have human genes