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Next steps for the xenotransplantation of pig organs into humans

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Pigs offer a potentially plentiful supply of organs for humans, but widespread xenotransplantation will require a collaborative and iterative approach to research, as well as involvement of transplant patients and the public.

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We acknowledge J. Stern, B. Lonze, G. Piper, Z. Stuart-Lewis, E. Weldon and B. Sullivan for their invaluable contributions to the xenotransplantation studies performed on decedents.

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    Robert A. Montgomery, Sapna A. Mehta & Adam Griesemer

  2. Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA

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R.A.M. receives research support from Lung Biotechnology, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Therapeutics, and has served as a consultant for eGenesis and Recombinetics.

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Montgomery, R.A., Mehta, S.A., Parent, B. et al. Next steps for the xenotransplantation of pig organs into humans. Nat Med 28, 1533–1536 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01896-y

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