PIGS ROAMING IN KARNATAKA HOSPITAL HAVE BEEN REMOVED

Highlights

• DC B Sharath made a visit to the hospital in Kalaburgi and instructed the hospital administration to maintain hygiene

• DC B Shapath directed GIMS officer to file a FIR against the owner of pigs

• Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu has ...

CHINA SHIPPING PIGS FROM FRANCE

Highlights:

• Volga-Dnepr, an aviation group of France, has flown more than 3,000 breeding pigs to China from France.
• The animals were transported in wooden crates in the Boeing 747 cargo plane. 
• This measure is taken to restore local li...

A research program to grow human organs in pigs is approved by Japan

On Monday, a science ministry committee approved a research program to grow human organs (such as Pancreas) inside the bodies of pigs. This research is meant to aid medical transplantation.Hiroshi Nagashima, Professor, Meiji University, and his team of researchers will carry out this study.

Experiments with the Embryo takes smaller steps towards the formation of a livestock of human organs

The perpetual shortage of human organs for transplant has researchers turning to farm animals. Several biotech companies are genetically engineering pigs to make their organs more compatible with the human body. But some scientists are pursuing a different solution: growing fully human organs in pig...