Xenotransplantation (Noun)
Meaning
A surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Xenotransplantation has been proposed as a potential solution to the shortage of human organs available for transplantation.
- The use of xenotransplantation to treat human disease is still in its infancy, but it holds great promise for the future.
- Researchers are working to overcome the immunological barriers that prevent successful xenotransplantation between different species.
- Pigs are often used as donors in xenotransplantation research due to their physiological similarities to humans.
- The first successful xenotransplantation of a heart from a baboon to a human was performed in 1984, but the recipient only lived for 20 days.