Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered lung into a pig

Re:Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered... by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:42PM (#17703289)

Thanks for the reply.

Fair points.

We’re not talking about xenotransplantation of living tissues though.

Still, there would probably be a non-zero chance of xenoinfection from non-human non-cellular scaffold use in bioengineered organs.

You’re probably right that if this were to become a use case for non-human parts the source probably wouldn’t be regular far animals.

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Re:Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered... by bedward on Monday August 06, 2018 @10:33PM (#17703510)

We’re not talking about xenotransplantation of living tissues though. I appreciate that. I did have the idea that the stringency of the washes in decellularization wouldn't be enough to get rid of viruses. Looked into it and it turns out that might not be true. Washing might be enough: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12115437

Not sure how compatible this is w/ the protocol used in the OP.

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