PIG hearts could be used for human transplants within just three YEARS, according to the surgeon who performed the first op in Britain 40 years ago. Sir Terence English said his protege from the UK…
PIG hearts could be used for human transplants within just three YEARS, according to the surgeon who performed the first op in Britain 40 years ago.
It has led to scientists pursuing other options to supply donor organs - including taking them from animals or growing them in the lab. The University of Alabama professor thinks his team's method could work for a kidney transplant within just a few months."But if you can save a life isn't that maybe a bit better?"in the hope they can be transplanted into humans.
But xenotransplantation - the process of transplanting organic material from one species to another - has not yet been tested on humans.THE transplantation of a healthy organ or tissue from an animal into the body of another species is known as xenotransplantation.Due to shortages in donated organs and lenthening life expentencies, scientists have been turning to research into alternative sources of replacement organs.
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