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 ...
Pig cell transplants raise ethical issues, such as whether it is right to use animals to benefit humans and what ...
Living Cell Technologies (LCT) is a New Zealand company at the forefront of xenotransplantation research. Use our resources to explore ...
Clinical trials of Living Cell Technologies (LCT) pig cell transplants began in 2009. The trials show that encapsulated pig cells ...
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