Xenotransplantation: past achievements and future promise
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journal contribution
posted on 2024-06-03, 18:13authored byKM Dwyer, PJ Cowan, AJF d'Apice
Xenotransplantation offers a potential solution to the shortfall in donor organs for human transplantation. This review describes the barriers to xenotransplantation and the progress that has been made towards making it a clinical reality. Data from preclinical pig-to-primate cardiac and pulmonary xenografts are highlighted.