To Meet Organ Shortage, One Company Turns To 'Designer Pigs' As Donors

Each year, thousands of Americans join organ donor lists hoping to get a replacement liver or kidney. One way to fill the gap between need and supply would be to grow the organs another way — in animals.

One company — e-Genesis — is now working to create designer pigs that could grow organs for human bodies.

Here & Now's Robin Young gets the story from STAT science senior writer Sharon Begley (@sxbegle).