Xenotransplantation is transplanting animal organs into humans, and pig organs work because we can now gene-edit them to remove harmful viruses and make them more human-compatible. The Assam case, where a pig heart was transplanted into a human, was a bold step but used a heart from a regular pig, not a gene-edited one, which carries higher risks of rejection and infection. From my lab bench in Bengaluru, I see the future in engineered pigs, not wild ones, because my work CRISPR-editing porcine cells daily shows me how much safer we can make them. That case, while hopeful, felt rushed to me—true success lies in the meticulous edits we're striving for, not just the surgery itself.
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