«Of course, even reducing the risks of
organ rejection does not address the ethical and legal issues which exist for animal to human transplants.»
Not exact matches
The team has already successfully repopulated pig kidneys with human cells, but Ott says further studies are vital to guarantee that the pig components of the
organ do not cause
rejection when transplanted into humans.
«
Organ transplant
rejection may not be permanent:
Organ transplant
rejection in previously tolerant hosts
does not lead to permanent immune memory, mouse study shows.»
Poor Doc Handy thought he was
doing a human heart transplant but when the human
organ suddenly became unavailable he went for the porcine heart and since the patient was already splayed open the result soon thereafter was total
rejection.