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 ...

“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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

A 58-year-old man has become the second person ever to receive a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig. The patient, Lawrence Faucette, was facing near death from heart failure and wasn ...

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 ...

“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.” ...