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 …

Research in xenotransplantation has increased enormously in the last eight years. As the
shortage of allogeneic organs has intensified, the possibility of using organs from pigs has …

Xenotransplantation using pigs as the transplant source has the potential to resolve the
severe shortage of human organ donors. Although the development of relatively non-toxic …

Xenotransplantation using pig organs could solve the significant increasing shortage of
donor organs for allotransplantation. In the last two decades, major progress has been made …

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 …

Xenotransplantation is one promising approach to bridge the gap between available human
cells, tissues, and organs and the needs of patients with diabetes or end‐stage organ …

The discrepancy between organ need and organ availability represents one of the major
limitations in the field of transplantation. One possible solution to this problem is …

The availability of cells, tissues and organs from a non‐human species such as the pig
could, at least in theory, meet the demand of organs necessary for clinical transplantation. At …

There has been an upsurge of interest in xenotransplantation in recent years. This
resurgence can attributed to a combination of factors. First, there has been a dramatic …

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