Organ Farm: Man made pigs
Original title: Organ Farm - Man Made Pigs
Duration: 50’
Producer: Frank Simmonds - Michael Chrisman
Director: Frank Simmonds
Scientific field: Medicine
Year: 2001
Country: UK
ORGAN FARM: A landmark 3-part series
An exclusive first look inside the secret bio-secure world of the organ farm, where genetically modified pigs containing human genes are being developed for cross-species transplantation into people. In a number of experiments already underway, live pig cells are already being transplanted into human recipients to alleviate stroke & Parkinson’s disease.
This series, which shows how science fictions is becoming science fact, talks with the scientists, researchers, doctors, and patients involved and
Investigates whether the development of cross-species transplantation
It is about to become a medical miracle or a genetic time-bomb.
The Organ Farm series was the subject of a two-page spread in Newsweek magazine and has garnered numerous international awards.
