New Zealand firm aims to supply pig kidneys for human transplant

+News

In print

Upfront

New Zealand firm aims to supply pig kidneys for human transplant

Martin

Johnston

mjohnston@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 17 July 2024, 02:45 PM

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

Viewers of Shortland Street were introduced to xenotransplantation at the fictional hospital earlier this month.

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

Research

News archive

How to Treat

+How to treat

Acute altitude illness

Many people travel to high-altitude destinations, meaning clinicians are often faced with questions about how to prevent and treat altitude illness. Update your knowledge with this New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine summary of updated evidence-based guidelines with comments by senior lecturer Jenny Visser – it outlines the best prophylactic regimens, diagnostic approaches and treatment protocols for acute altitude illness

Wednesday 26 February 2025, 12:45 AM