Pig to human heart transplants 'possible within three years'

Pioneer UK surgeon Sir Terence English says adapted organs could transform treatment

Adapted pig hearts could be transplanted into patients within three years, according to a report citing the surgeon who pioneered heart transplantation in the UK.

On the 40th anniversary of the first successful heart transplant, Sir Terence English told The Sunday Telegraph that his protege from that operation would try to replace a human kidney with a pig's this year.