Kidney xenotransplantation from pigs with 10 genetic modifications (10GE pigs) to non-human primates (NHPs) showed consistent survival rates.
The medical community experienced a significant milestone when US surgeons undertook the unprecedented transplantation of a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient.
Xenotransplantation is said to be "on the brink of a monumental breakthrough" following the successful operation.
Xenotransplantation: A Potential Solution to Organ Shortages As per Dr Vaibhav Keskar, Consultant Nephrology, Fortis Hospital Mulund, xenotransplantation offers a promising solution to the .
Speaking today at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation in Prague, Muhammad Mohiuddin, MBBS, said xenotransplantation, hailed as .
The surgery marks the latest advance for xenotransplantation—the use of animal organs in people—which scientists have been pursuing for decades due to a shortage of suitable human donor organs.
This kind of human-to-animal transplant, known as xenotransplantation, is one that researchers hope to do more of because there aren't nearly enough human organs for the thousands of people in need.
This achievement marks a significant milestone in xenotransplantation research, paving the way for future clinical applications .
The manuscript is the first detailed overview of the current state of the xenotransplantation industry and, in one place, collects the vast history of the technology used to generate genetically .
News reports said the procedure was a breakthrough in xenotransplantation—when an organ, cells or tissues are transplanted from one species to another.