Marked prolongation of porcine renal xenograft survival in baboons through the use of α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout donors and the cotransplantation of vascularized thymic tissue ...

Researchers are calling for the creation of a comprehensive framework to address current barriers to xenotransplantation in clinical practice, including issues of rejection, infection, legal ...

“Despite 25 years of extensive research, the maximum survival of a baboon after heart replacement with a porcine xenograft was only 57 days and this was achieved, to our knowledge, only once.” ...

Dr. Joseph Iannotti’s landmark study on the use of xenograft augmentation in chronic rotator cuff tears showed that porcine implants are not biomechanically available at the time they are needed ...

Porcine Possibilities. Courtesy of PPL TherapeuticsA new generation of pigs. Headlines in late summer 2000 introduced long-awaited reports on pig cloning and retroviral transmission to mice, pig cells ...

September 28, 2009 (Hollywood, Florida) — Polypropylene mesh offers higher anatomic success rates than standard colporrhaphy or porcine dermis for paravaginal repair in women with anterior ...

A patient has a type 4 hypersensitivity reaction to parabens, nickel, etc. He recently received a bovine pericardial aortic valve transplant for calcific aortic stenosis. Will this bioprosthetic ...

Porcine xenograft tissue - for temporary coverage for severe burns Beta-glucan creams, gels and dressings – to aid in healing more superficial burns ...

He received a gene-edited porcine kidney with 69 genomic edits, ... The xenograft functioned immediately, resulting in a prompt and progressive drop in creatinine levels, ...

“Despite 25 years of extensive research, the maximum survival of a baboon after heart replacement with a porcine xenograft was only 57 days and this was achieved, to our knowledge, only once.” ...