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Study finds that pig embryonic stem cells must be transplanted during narrow window of opportunity if they are to promote growth of cells in other animals.
Activists says xentransplantation is cruel, and even if its not cruel its dangerous, and even if its not dangerous its just the drug companies trying to get rich. Whew -- keep on spinning.
South Korea sees biotech as the next engine of economic growth and puts its money where its mouth is.
Australian research body says that lack of information on health risks require a five year moratorium on clinical trials of animal-to-human organ transplants.
Stop that research now before anyone learns anything useful!
Government working group argues that potential benefits outweigh risks.
Researchers introduce human blood cells into pig fetuses and observe the fusing of human and pig cells.
Procedure will alleviate hereditary disorder that caused repeated non-cancerous tumors to invade the woman's left atrium.
First time that non-human primates have been kept alive for such a long period of time using islet cells from another species.
Transplanting tissues from animals to human beings is saving lives right now.
Pigs that are PERV-free and absent two genes that would result in radical rejection by the human immune system bring xenotransplantation closer.
Biotech company identifies strains of miniature swine that would not risk cross-species infection of PERV.
Researchers knock out a gene from pigs that would cause the human immune system to attack transplanted organs.
BioTransplant plans to move ahead with clinical trials of xenotransplantation -- if it can address all of the safety concerns the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is sure to raise.
Despite the furor over xenotransplantation, medical researchers are already transplanting tissue from animals to humans to save people's lives.
Infant receives a heart valve transplant from a pig in an attempt to fix hole in her heart.
Researchers use genetically modified pig cells to treat Alzheimer's-like disease in mice.
Researchers grow dog organs in the lab, while Novartis investigates the possibility of using pig livers to keep people alive while waiting for an organ transplant.
Meanwhile, the Campaign for Responsible Transplantation distorts the number of organs available for transplantation procedures.
Researchers kept a woman alive for eight days -- long enough for her to receive a liver transplant -- on a dialysis-like machine that used cells from pig livers to cleanse her blood.
Researchers successfully treat epileptic seizures by implanting fetal pig cells into brains of patients.
Activists opposed to xenotransplantation claim that people who received animal organs and tissue won't really be human any longer.
If there's a way to save a human life, you can be certain that animal rights activists will protest it.
Advances in using animal tissue to treat human diseases are coming fast and furious these days.
A medical researcher says scientists must do a better job of educating the public about genetic engineering.
Xenotransplantation technology uses animal tissue to strengthen human joints.