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LIFE-SUPPORTING PIG-TO-PRIMATE RENAL XENOTRANSPLANTATION USING GENETICALLY MODIFIED DONORS
1 Jun 1998
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BACKGROUND: In order to circumvent the complement-mediated hyperacute rejection of discordant xenografts, a colony of pigs transgenic for the human regulator of complement activity, human decay-accelerating factor (hDAF), has been produced. METHODS: Seven kidneys from hDAF transgenic pigs and six kidneys from nontransgenic control pigs were transplanted into cynomolgus monkeys; both native kidneys were removed...
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