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Xenotransplantation
The transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another, for example the transplantation of animal organs into human patients.
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Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
Genome-edited pig liver filters blood of brain-dead man
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...
Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
Monkey lives for over two years with genome-edited pig kidney
Macaque monkeys have become some of the longest-surviving recipients of cross-species organ transplants, after receiving genome-edited pig kidneys...
Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
Podcast Review: Genetics Unzipped – Have a heart, the science of xenotransplantation
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...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
World's first successful pig-to-human heart transplant
Surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig heart into a human recipient for the first time, enabled by genome editing...
Pig organ transplants a step closer as CRISPR removes viruses
Ancient viral genes have been eliminated from pigs using the genome editing tool CRISPR, according to research...
Mouse pancreas grown in rat reverses diabetes
Insulin-producing cells from pancreases grown in rats can cure diabetes when transplanted into mice, according to a study...
Genome editing and CRISPR: The science of engineering the embryo
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...
Will organs from GM pigs save our bacon?
The new gene-editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 could remove one of the toughest barriers to the transplantation of pig organs to humans. And it has been suggested that the production of genetically modified (GM) pig organs could end the anguish of those waiting for suitable donors. But is it really a panacea?
CRISPR could make animal-to-human organ transplant safer
Researchers say that the gene-editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 could be used to increase the safety of organ transplantation from pig to human...