The glycome describes the complete repertoire of glycoconjugates composed of
carbohydrate chains, or glycans, that are covalently linked to lipid or protein molecules …

Introduction: There is a continuing worldwide shortage of organs from deceased human
donors for transplantation into patients with end-stage organ failure. Genetically engineered …

Slaughterhouses produce large quantities of biological waste, and most of these materials
are underutilized. In many published reports, the possibility of repurposing this form of waste …

Immunoisolation of pancreatic islets is a technology in which islets are encapsulated in
semipermeable but immunoprotective polymeric membranes. The technology allows for …

The development of cell microencapsulation systems began several decades ago. However,
today few systems have been tested in clinical trials. For this reason, in the last years …

Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) are present in the genome of all pigs, they infect
certain human cells and therefore pose a special risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells …

Xenotransplantation: past, present, and future : Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation
Xenotransplantation: past, present, and future : Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation Log in …

Preclinical trials of pig-to-nonhuman primate liver xenotransplantation have recently
achieved longer survival times. However, life-threatening thrombocytopenia and coagulation …

One of the most progressive and rapidly developing branches of medicine is
transplantology, a science dealing with the problems of transplantation of organs and …

Comparative genomics is the comparison of genetic information within and across
organisms to understand the evolution, structure, and function of genes, proteins, and non …