Success for pig-to-baboon heart transplants

Christoph Knosalla ()

Nature, 2018, vol. 564, issue 7736, 352-353

Abstract: A modified protocol has enabled baboons that received transplanted pig hearts to survive for more than six months. This improvement on previous efforts brings pig-to-human heart transplants a step closer.

Keywords: Medical research; Cardiovascular biology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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