“You cannot stay in the laboratory forever”*: Taking pig kidney xenotransplantation from the laboratory to the clinic

Progress in life-supporting kidney transplantation in the genetically-engineered pig-to-nonhuman primate model has been encouraging, with pig kidneys sometimes supporting life for > 1 year. What steps need to be taken by (i) the laboratory team, and (ii) the clinical team to prepare for the first...

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Main Authors: David K.C. Cooper, Hidetaka Hara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396421003558