Open AccessXenotransplantation: adequate controls and surveillance of microbial risks needed in all countries
Author(s) -
Collective Editorial team
Publication year - 2005
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.10.18.02697-en
Subject(s) - xenotransplantation , transplantation , intensive care medicine , genetically modified organism , biology , risk analysis (engineering) , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , genetics , gene
Recent experiments have shown that the transplantation of organs from genetically modified pigs into baboons can yield moderate to good results and has raised hopes of future success of xenotransplantation