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Have transgenic pigs got rid of the rejection problems for xenotransplants?

April 26, 2017GOT Pigs problems rejection rid transgenic xenotransplants

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Have transgenic pigs got rid of the rejection problems for xenotransplants?

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No, the longest that monkeys given organs from transgenic pigs have survived is a few months. Although they have human flags that should make them more acceptable to the monkeys than ordinary pig organs, the flags are not, after all, monkey flags. So the organs are still rejected.