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Research out this week appears to show the potential longevity of transplanted organs from genetically engineered pigs. Scientists gave monkeys kidneys from these animals, finding that some were able to live for one to two years. Many of the genetic changes evaluated in this study could make pig-to-human transplants a more viable treatment to test out in clinical trials, the team says.

Cytotheryx, a Rochester firm co-founded by Mayo Clinic that uses genetically engineered pigs to make human liver cells, recently acquired the intellectual assets of a San Francisco biotech company.