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
In August, Locke and her team at UAB reported another kidney xenotransplant into a decedent.
From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023
The next steps: Researchers took about 180 different tissue samples –- from every major organ, lymph nodes, the digestive tract –- to scour for any hints of problems due to the xenotransplant.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023
All the subsequent information gathered will be applied when they are ready for the next xenotransplant patient.
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022
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