Results of Two Cases of Pig-to-Human Kidney Xenotransplantation

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Robert A. Montgomery · MACOM (United States)

Jeffrey Stern · MACOM (United States)

Bonnie E. Lonze · MACOM (United States)

Vasishta Tatapudi · MACOM (United States)

Massimo Mangiola · MACOM (United States)

Ming Wu · MACOM (United States)

Elaina Weldon ·

Abstract

Genetically modified kidney xenografts from pigs remained viable and functioning in brain-dead human recipients for 54 hours, without signs of hyperacute rejection. (Funded by Lung Biotechnology.).

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Xenotransplantation and immune response Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 386, Issue 20, pp. 1889-1898

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2120238

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Results of Two Cases of Pig-to-Human Kidney Xenotransplantation

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