Novel CRISPR–Cas systems: an updated review of the current achievements, applications, and future research perspectives

S Nidhi, U Anand, P Oleksak, P Tripathi, JA Lal… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
According to Darwin's theory, endless evolution leads to a revolution. One such example is
the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)–Cas system, an …

Progress toward cardiac xenotransplantation

RN Pierson III, JA Fishman, GD Lewis… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Consistent survival of life-supporting pig heart xenograft recipients beyond 90 days was
recently reported using genetically modified pigs and a clinically applicable drug treatment …

A compendium and comparative epigenomics analysis of cis-regulatory elements in the pig genome

Y Zhao, Y Hou, Y Xu, Y Luan, H Zhou, X Qi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Although major advances in genomics have initiated an exciting new era of research, a lack
of information regarding cis-regulatory elements has limited the genetic improvement or …

Pig heart and lung xenotransplantation: present status

R Chaban, DKC Cooper, RN Pierson III - The Journal of Heart and Lung …, 2022 - Elsevier
The recent pig heart transplant in a patient at the University of Maryland Medical Center has
stimulated renewed interest in the xenotransplantation of organs from genetically …

The final obstacle to successful pre‐clinical xenotransplantation?

T Yamamoto, H Hara, H Iwase, A Jagdale… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Genetically engineered pigs are now available for xenotransplantation in which all three
known carbohydrate xenoantigens, against which humans have natural antibodies, have …

Porcine germline genome engineering

L Yang, G Church, HY Zhao, L Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Germline editing, the process by which the genome of an individual is edited in such a way
that the change is heritable, has been applied to a wide variety of animals [DA Sorrell, AF …

Xeno-organ donor pigs with multiple genetic modifications–the more the better?

E Kemter, A Schnieke, K Fischer, PJ Cowan… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The number of donated human organs and tissues for patients with terminal organ failure
falls far short of the need. Alternative sources, such as organs and tissues from animals, are …

The resurgent landscape of xenotransplantation of pig organs in nonhuman primates

X Zhang, Q Wang, J Zhao, X Li, W Peng, Z Yang… - Science China Life …, 2021 - Springer
Organ shortage is a major bottleneck in allotransplantation and causes many wait-listed
patients to die or become too sick for transplantation. Genetically engineered pigs have …

Recent advances in porcine cardiac xenotransplantation: from aortic valve replacement to heart transplantation

S Kavarana, JH Kwon, K Zilinskas, L Kang… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Cardiac xenotransplantation presents significant potential to the field of heart
failure by addressing the high demand for donor organs. The availability of xenograft hearts …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of CRISPR technologies in transplantation

C Kuscu, C Kuscu, A Bajwa, JD Eason, D Maluf… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In transplantation, the ever-increasing number of an organ's demand and long-term graft
dysfunction constitute some of the major problems. Therefore, alternative solutions to …