Pigs are the current preferred donor species for Xenotransplantation.
There is a worldwide shortage of deceased organ donors. In this theme, we explore ways of increasing the availability of ...
The discovery that genes are made up of DNA and can be isolated, copied and manipulated has led to a ...
Xenotransplantation entails transplanting cells or organs (for example pancreatic cells, a heart or a kidney) from an individual of one ...
Living Cell Technologies (LCT) is developing live pig cell transplants to treat type 1 diabetes. Cell transplants should give diabetics ...
Clinical trials of Living Cell Technologies (LCT) pig cell transplants began in 2009. The trials show that encapsulated pig cells ...
In October 2012, Living Cell Technologies were granted permission by Minister of Health Tony Ryall for phase I clinical trials ...
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