Expert opinion on the identification, risk assessment, and mitigation of microorganisms and parasites relevant to xenotransplantation products from pigs

H Groenendaal, S Costard, R Ballard… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Xenotransplantation has the potential to address shortages of organs available for clinical
transplantation, but concerns exist regarding potential risks posed by porcine …

The road to xenotransplantation

DH Wolbrom, JI Kim, A Griesemer - Current Opinion in Organ …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
This review highlights the current progress in nonhuman primate models and recent reports
of human xenotransplantation. It also describes the remaining hurdles and currently …

Development of a panel for detection of pathogens in xenotransplantation donor pigs

H Otabi, H Miura, H Uryu… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There have been high expectations in recent years of using xenotransplantation and
regenerative medicine to treat humans, and pigs have been utilized as the donor model …

Close contacts of xenograft recipients: Ethical considerations due to risk of xenozoonosis

DJ Hurst, L Padilla, D Rodger, T Schiff… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With decades of pre‐clinical studies culminating in the recent clinical application of
xenotransplantation, it would appear timely to provide recommendations for operationalizing …

Designer pigs for xenogeneic heart transplantation and beyond

E Wolf, B Reichart, A Moretti… - Disease Models & …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
The 2-month-survival of a terminally ill patient who received a genetically modified pig heart
has demonstrated that cardiac xenotransplantation could provide a therapeutic option for …

Heart of the matter—infection and xenotransplantation

KK Saharia… - Transplant Infectious …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this clinicopathological conference, invited experts discussed a previously published case
of a patient with nonischemic cardiomyopathy who underwent heart transplantation from a …

Limited availability of methods for the detection of xenotransplantation‐relevant viruses in veterinary laboratories

J Denner - Xenotransplantation, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background The German Xenotransplantation Consortium is in the process to
prepare a clinical trial application (CTA) on xenotransplantation of genetically modified pig …

Enhancing Kidney Transplantation and the Role of Xenografts: Report of a Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation

AB Adams, EA Blumberg, JS Gill, E Katz… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chronic kidney disease affects an estimated 37 million people in the United States; of
these,> 800,000 have end-stage renal disease requiring chronic dialysis or a kidney …

American Society of Transplant Surgeons-American Society of Transplantation report of FDA meeting on regulatory expectations for xenotransplantation products

A Adams, LC Cendales, DKC Cooper, E Cozzi… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In June 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation
and Research held the 73rd meeting of the Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory …

Revisiting the use of ulysses contracts in xenotransplantation

DJ Hurst, L Padilla, T Schiff, B Parent - Transplantation, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background. Xenotransplantation clinical trials may begin soon. A persistent risk of
xenotransplantation, known for decades, is the possibility that a xenozoonotic infection could …