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Xenotransplantation - Articles
Xenotransplantation in Australia
by
John Daley
Posted
Sat 28 Nov 2009 12:00am
The National Health and Medical Research Council has announced that the ban in Australia on xenotransplantation is about to be lifted.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, this will be
opening the way for research into the use of pig cells in fighting diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Huntingdon's disease and strokes
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Xenotransplantation in Australia
by
John Daley
Posted
Sat 28 Nov 2009 4:42am
The National Health and Medical Research Council has announced that the ban in Australia on xenotransplantation is about to be lifted.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, this will be
opening the way for research into the use of pig cells in fighting diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Huntingdon's disease and strokes.
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More on Transplanted Pig Organs – Xenotransplantation
by
Stephen Schimpff, MD
Posted
Mon 27 Sep 2010 12:00am
Although xenotransplantation has not progressed far enough to allow transplanting a pig organ to a human, there are other exciting opportunities in the works for xenotransplantation in the not to distant future.
Individuals that develop liver failure often die before a suitable donor can be found or before the damaged liver can heal on its own
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“Cancer stem cells” questioned
by
Dr. Chris P.
Posted
Sat 20 Dec 2008 5:47pm
) mice. However, the extent to which NOD/SCID mice underestimate the frequency of tumorigenic human cancer cells has been uncertain. Here we show that modified xenotransplantation... from four different patients formed tumours. Modifications to xenotransplantation assays can therefore dramatically increase the detectable frequency of tumorigenic cells
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Pig Organs for Humans Coming?
by
Wesley J. Smith
Posted
Tue 23 Dec 2008 9:15pm
as xenotransplantation, may be coming within ten years according to a report, with kidneys being the most likely organs. From the story:
Organs from pigs could be widely available...: Xenotransplantation. Biotechnology. Animal Rights.
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Transplanted Organs From A Pig
by
Stephen Schimpff, MD
Posted
Wed 22 Sep 2010 12:00am
they die in a traffic or other accident.
But another approach, still in the future but gaining traction, is to use organs from an animal – known as xenotransplantation.
Most efforts in xenotransplantation focus on the pig, in part because the organs are near to the same size as humans and the physiology is similar. Very real progress has been made
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Animal Planet
by
yannai
Posted
Sun 06 Dec 2009 8:48am
from a cute, cuddly animal. Xenotransplantation is the transfer of organs from one species to another. Of course, no successful xenotransplant has ever been performed, but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t dream.
The first documented case of xenotransplantation was performed in 1682, when a bone from a dog was used to repair the skull of an injured Russian
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Encapsulated Pig Islet Cells For Diabetes Type 1 – A Trial
by
Stephen Schimpff, MD
Posted
Fri 15 Oct 2010 12:00am
Here is a follow-up to the post on islet cell xenotransplantation for type 1 diabetes mellitus. A group in New Zealand has been studying the use of islet cells derived from pigs which have not been genetically modified. The cells are encapsulated to protect them from immune cells. The company reports that they are self regulating (meaning
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Posted
Thu 19 Feb 2009 5:09pm
to order.
Pigs are regarded as ideal for animal-to-human transplants, xenotransplantation, and other research because of the similarity in the physiological make-up and because
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