{"id":81736,"date":"2025-01-27T11:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=81736"},"modified":"2025-01-27T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:19:15","slug":"texas-news-biotech-firm-plans-to-raise-genetically-modified-pigs-for-organ-transplants-near-lake-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/texas-news-biotech-firm-plans-to-raise-genetically-modified-pigs-for-organ-transplants-near-lake-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas News: Biotech Firm plans to raise genetically modified pigs for organ transplants near Lake Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Biotech Firm plans to raise genetically modified pigs for organ transplants near Lake Houston<\/a><\/h1>\n

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A biotechnology company, United Therapeutics, has revealed plans to build a 22-acre facility in the East Houston area to breed genetically modified pigs.<\/h2>\n

The company intends to raise up to 200 pigs at a time, specifically engineered to grow human-like kidneys for transplant into people. The pigs do not survive the procedure.<\/h2>\n

Animal rights group PETA has voiced strong opposition to the plan, arguing that using animals for organ harvesting is unethical.<\/h2>\n

\u201cOther animals are not warehouses for us to get spare parts. God created them for something else,\u201d Dr. Alka Chandna, PETA\u2019s Vice President of Laboratory Investigations, said .<\/h2>\n

The proposal is already raising eyebrows in nearby communities, particularly in Summerwood, a master-planned neighborhood about three miles from the proposed site. \u201cI\u2019ve seen what an outdoor pig farm can do to a reservoir. They haven\u2019t informed us at all about how this will impact our area,\u201d said one concerned resident.<\/h2>\n

As of now, United Therapeutics has not released specific details on the layout of the proposed facility, including indoor versus outdoor use for the animals. The project is still in the permitting process, and the exact environmental and community impacts remain unclear. The facility would be located just south of Lake Houston, which has added to residents\u2019 concerns over potential environmental risks.<\/h2>\n

RTWT @ Click2Houston<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Biotech Firm plans to raise genetically modified pigs for organ transplants near Lake Houston   A biotechnology company, United Therapeutics, has revealed plans to build a 22-acre facility in the East Houston area to breed genetically modified pigs. The company intends to raise up to 200 pigs at a time, specifically engineered to grow human-like…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[74,2086,9806,13991,14643,14588,5594,3254,3727,16173,15639],"tags":[18513,6918,7497,474,7806,18514,18510,13483,13485,18511,18512,7085,15632],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81738,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81736\/revisions\/81738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}