Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans.

People worried they’ll never get a scarce human transplant asked: When could we get a pig kidney?

Alex Berrios of Louisville, Kentucky, needs a second transplant but finding another human match is proving impossible. So he's closely watching for a chance at pig kidney research.

"It may not work, and I have to be OK with that,” Berrios said. “I think it’s worth the shot.”