Max Armstrong looks at the use of heart valves from animals to improve human health. Max looks at the potential to transplant an entire heart from a pig into a human. Max looks at the technology that may make the use or xenotransplantation more common in the future. There's a shortage of heart to help patients in need, with the wait time often longer than six months.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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