Xenotransplantation literature update, September–October 2012

Abstract

ReviewsDuring the period September-October 2012, three reviews on xenotransplantation were published. Hammerman [1] reviewed the successful adaptation of a pig-to-diabetic rat transplantation proto-col to a pig-to-diabetic non-human primate model, using insulin-producing cells originating from embryonic pig pancreas obtained on embryonic day 28 following pancreatic primordium forma-Schneider MKJ, Seebach JD. Xenotransplantation literature update,