Transplanting pig hearts into sick babies may be a promising temporary treatment option

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 10:21 in Health & Medicine

Xenotransplantation — transplanting organs from animals into humans — is one step closer to becoming a possibility for infants awaiting human heart transplantation, according to research presented by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers at the annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons meeting today. “Our study showed a high probability that a genetically engineered pig heart could be […]

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