The transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another, for example the transplantation of animal organs into human patients.
A peer-reviewed paper reports proof-of-concept that a genome-edited pig liver can successfully support liver function in human patients...
A transplant of a genome-edited pig liver into a human has been described in a peer-reviewed publication for the first time...
A genome-edited pig liver effectively filtered blood in a brain-dead man for three days, showcasing a potential temporary solution for acute liver failure...
Macaque monkeys have become some of the longest-surviving recipients of cross-species organ transplants, after receiving genome-edited pig kidneys...
A recent episode of Genetics Unzipped 'Have a heart: the science of xenotransplantation' talked about the process of transplanting organs from animals into human bodies...
Surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig heart into a human recipient for the first time, enabled by genome editing...
Ancient viral genes have been eliminated from pigs using the genome editing tool CRISPR, according to research...
Insulin-producing cells from pancreases grown in rats can cure diabetes when transplanted into mice, according to a study...
We report from the third session of the annual conference of the Progress Educational Trust, titled 'Genome Editing and CRISPR: The Science of Engineering the Embryo', which discussed these new technologies and how they might be used in the future...
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