A pig, or “Notorious P.I.G” gave officers a chase when the small animal trespassed through Tacoma’s Eastside neighborhood over the weekend. Officers were dispatched at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday ...

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Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain. Genetically modified ...

The risk is believed to be small, he added, “but it is not zero.” No one knows how much an organ from a genetically engineered pig might cost, and whether insurance plans would cover it.