NZ firm aims to supply pig kidneys for human transplant

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NZ firm aims to supply pig kidneys for human transplant

17 July 2024

Martin

Johnston

mjohnston@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 17 July 2024, 06:00 AM

Research company NZeno is working on the concept of transplanting organs from genetically edited Auckland Island pigs into humans [Image: Wikimedia Commons] 

Long-time readers of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa may be familiar with xenotransplantation research being carried out by the late diabetes researcher Sir Robert Elliot. Martin Johnston updates that story

We hope maybe we would have some data to get into human trials New Zealand-based researchers who encapsulated pig cells to treat type 1 diabetics

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