RadioProfile | A method to transplant organs from pigs to humans advances in Argentina

The birth of the first five genetically edited pigs in Latin America opens the possibility for Argentina to become a pioneer in the region for xenotransplantation (from one species to another) in humans.

The announcement by the company New Organs Biotech comes after a project by the Animal Biotechnology Laboratory of the University of Buenos Aires, with a team made up of Daniel Salamone and his doctoral fellow Federico Allegroni.

Listen to Pablo Corso’s column for Modo Fontevecchia on Radio Perfil FM 101.9.

by Pablo Corso

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