xenotransplant
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A recent study in the Journal of Hepatology describes the first successful auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig into a living human.
From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025
The world's second xenotransplant recipient, Lawrence Faucette, died Tuesday at age 58.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2023
The eGenesis researchers aren’t the first to show a xenotransplant survival rate of more than a year in nonhuman primates.
From Scientific American • Oct. 11, 2023
All the subsequent information gathered will be applied when they are ready for the next xenotransplant patient.
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022
Still, development is under way of more sophisticated tests to “make sure that we don’t miss these kinds of viruses,” added Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, scientific director of the university’s xenotransplant program.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022
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