Improving the compatibility of pig organs for transplantation into humans
The design and successful transplantation of kidney grafts from genetically modified pigs into non-human primates has been described in a recent study published in Nature. Modifying the pig genomes to remove antigen coding genes, add human genes and eliminate pig viruses, resulted in long-term survival of the monkey recipients, up to around two years. This preclinical…
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