The Bacon of Life: How Pigs Might Save Your Heart (and Your Fry-Up)

Scientists grow human-like hearts in pig embryos; so your next transplant might just oink before it beats!

Now this is a subject I’ve not chewed over in this column before. It’s also not a subject I ever thought I’d be scribbling about while sipping my morning coffee next to Mrs G and our cat; who both looked suitably horrified when I mentioned it at breakfast. Vegetarians and Mrs G, you might want to go scream into a lettuce for a few minutes.

Pigs. We all k…