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Proteomic Identification of Pig Xenoantigens for Clinical Xenotransplantation.

Article D Peer reviewed Preclinical

Key takeaways

Researchers used lab methods to find the pig proteins that a human immune system would attack, aiming to make pig kidneys safer to transplant into people. This is early laboratory work, not something tested in patients yet.

Who did this work

Liu H · Hoàng T · Hu Y · Xu Y · Sun Z · Peiffer BJ · Huang Y · Sun Z · Zhang H

Source

Journal article · PubMed — xeno · 2026 Jul 30
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42571664/