Xenografts: Alternative Transplants
Summary
Miniature pigs called Swines have been found out to be extremely ideal creatures for becoming organ donors for humans. Why do we require organ transplants from a body that does not belong to our species? The present generation is in short of cadaver organs by a large gap, thus making xenografts a lucrative solution. There are about 80000 patients at any time in waiting lists in United States, waiting for an organ transplant. This video showcases a transplantation procedure that encompasses pigs, humans, immune responses and organs!
Keywords: Autografts, Allografts, Immune System Suppression, Immune Response,Tolerance, Thymus, Pig cells, White Blood Cells, Retroviruses, Genome, DNA.
