A major limitation of organ allotransplantation is the insufficient supply of donor organs.
Consequently, thousands of patients die every year while waiting for a transplant. Progress …

Organ transplantation is the most effective treatment for end stage organ failure, but there
are not enough organs to meet burgeoning demand. One potential solution to this organ …

Organ allotransplantation has now reached an impassable ceiling inherent to the limited
supply of human donor organs. In the United States, there are currently over 100,000 …

The major problem in the field of renal transplantation is currently the shortage of available
kidneys. However, the use of animals as a source of kidneys, ie, xenotransplantation, is …

Cross-species transplantation (xenotransplantation) has immense potential to solve the
critical need for organs, tissues and cells for clinical transplantation. The increasing …

The success of organ transplantation is limited by the complications of immunosuppression,
by chronic rejection, and by the insufficient organ supply, and thousands of patients die …

The field of xenotransplantation has fluctuated between great optimism and doubts over the
last 50 years. The initial clinical attempts were extremely ambitious but faced technical and …

Transplantation is often the last resort for end-stage organ failures, eg, kidney, liver, heart,
lung, and pancreas. The shortage of donor organs is the main limiting factor for successful …

Objective: Xenotransplantation using pig organs could end the donor organ shortage for
transplantation, but humans have xenoreactive antibodies that cause early graft rejection …

The increasing life expectancy of humans has led to a growing numbers of patients with
chronic diseases and end-stage organ failure. Transplantation is an effective approach for …