Enlarge / Cloned piglets that are engineered to be useful for organ transplants to humans. (credit: Getty Images / Staff) Last week, when we reported on the first pig-to-human heart transplant, we complained that the commercial company behind the operation wasn't more forthcoming about the genetic engineering that converted the pig into a viable donor. We now know much more about porcine genetic engineering thanks to a new paper covering a different, more cautious test procedure.

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  • Xenotransplantation of 10GE Pig Kidneys to NHPs Shows Consistent Survival
    Kidney xenotransplantation from pigs with 10 genetic modifications (10GE pigs) to non-human primates (NHPs) showed consistent survival rates.
    04/18/2024 - 6:52 pm | View Link
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