Xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation: An Overview of the Field.-Cloning and Expression Analyses of Pig Genes.-Basic Analyses of Proteins of Interest for Xenotransplantation.-Studies on Carbohydrate Xenoantigens.-Xenoantibodies and Complement Activity Determinations in Pig to Primate Xenotransplantation.-Studies on Coagulation Incompatibilities for Xenotransplantation.-Cellular Studies for in Vitro Modeling of Xenogeneic Immune Responses.-Production of Transgenic and Knock Out Pigs by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer.-Small Animal Models of Xenotransplantation.-Heart Xenotransplantation in Primate Models.-Xenogeneic Lung Transplantation Models.-Thymic Transplantation in Pig-to-nonhuman Primates for the Induction of Tolerance Across Xenogeneic Barriers.-Isolation of Porcine Pancreatic Islets for Xenotransplantation.-Pig Neural Cells Derived from Foetal Mesencephalon as Cell Source for Intracerebral Xenotransplantation.-Hepatocyte Xenotransplantation.-In Vitro Repair Model of Focal Articular Cartilage Defects in Humans.-Potential Zoonotic Infection of PERV in Xenotransplantation.-Ethical and Regulatory Issues for Clinical Trials in Xenotransplantation.-Some Ethical, Social and Legal Considerations of Xenotransplantation.