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Pig-to-non-human primate heart transplantation: immunologic progress over 20 years.

Zhu X, Dor FJ, Cooper DK

Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.

The major developments in pig-to-non-human primate heart xenotransplantation during the past 20 years are summarized, largely through the experience of one investigator. Genetic modifications to organ-source pigs have been important steps in increasing heart xenograft survival from a few minutes in 1986 to 2 to 6 months in 2005.

Published 9 March 2007 in J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(3): 210-8.
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