But every animal and species has distinct genetics that prevent simple transplantation. Only identical twins can receive an organ from each other without immune-suppressing medication.

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The animals would grow those organs in place of their own, and they’d be euthanized before the organ is removed. Most of the organ cells would be human.

Such mixing has been done before with mice and rats. Larger animals like pigs would be needed to make human-sized organs. That could help ease the shortage of human donors for transplants.