Prev Histopathology (H&E) of (A) healthy (non-transplanted) pig liver, (B) baboon liver 31 days after allotransplantation, and (C–F) WT pig liver after pig-to-baboon xenotransplantation. Credit: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/14014/1/Genetically-Engineered_Pig.pdf
22 people die each day while waiting for a transplant and 10 minutes someone is added to the national transplant waiting list. #Revivicor is producing genetically engineered pigs to provide #human-compatible #cells. This would be relevant for organs and tissues for use in transplant surgery, ie #xenografts.
Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine for MIT Technology Review said the team has done nothing less than “shattering records in xenotransplantation, or between-species organ transplants...
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