Pig hearts and paediatrics: how children will require distinctive ethical approaches when xenotransplantation becomes a reality

By Anthony Merlocco MD, MSt Due to the ongoing struggle to obtain organs for those in need, and the resulting morbidity and mortality while awaiting organs, renewed efforts to study transplantation between species, or xenotransplantation (XTx), have emerged. Gene editing has been used to enhance human graft survival or to make animal organs better suited […]

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