"The ultimate goal of the experiments is not to create a race of hideous super-monsters, but rather to figure out if it will be possible to develop human organs inside pigs that could then be harvested and used for transplants."
This would then allow our rather more alcoholic, drug abusive, Hollywoord stars, politicians or otherwise , rich bastards to live for much longer thereby affording the rest of the planet the sufferance of having to put up with yet another TV interview with aforesaid has-been.