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A human-specific mutation limits nonhuman primate efficacy in preclinical xenotransplantation studies.
Transplantation - 27 Feb 2014
Waldman Joshua P, Brock Linda G, Rees Michael A
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BACKGROUND: Patients diagnosed with fulminant hepatic failure face high mortality rates. A potential therapeutic approach for these patients is the use of extracorporeal porcine liver perfusion, to serve as a form of "liver dialysis." Previously, our laboratory has shown that, during a 72-hour ex...
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