xenotransplantation
noun
xe·no·trans·plan·ta·tion
ˌze-nə-ˌtran(t)s-ˌplan-ˈtā-shən 
ˌzē-
: transplantation of an organ, tissue, or cells between two different species
Examples of xenotransplantation in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The announcement marks the latest development in xenotransplantation, the term for efforts to try to heal human patients with cells, tissues, or organs from animals.
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Mike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 21 Mar. 2024
Because Bennett didn’t qualify for a traditional heart transplant, xenotransplantation was his only hope to stay alive.
—Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2023
The new data could help convince regulators that xenotransplantation is ready for clinical trials in humans.
—Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
For decades, the Maryland group and others have been exploring xenotransplantation, or transplanting animal organs into people, as a way to ease the donor organ shortage.
—WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
But pig kidneys that filter human urine and pig hearts that beat inside human bodies haven’t yet fulfilled xenotransplantation’s promise.
—Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2023
At the University of Maryland Medical Center and elsewhere, researchers have been studying the possibility of transplanting animal organs into people—known as xenotransplantation—as a way to ease the human organ shortage.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
The groups hope to launch trials in living patients soon, but Faucette’s death may be a setback for the prospect of xenotransplantation.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
Damian here with data on biotech’s belt-tightening, the advance of xenotransplantation, and the escalating Ozempic panic.
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Mike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 21 Mar. 2024
Because Bennett didn’t qualify for a traditional heart transplant, xenotransplantation was his only hope to stay alive.
—Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2023
The new data could help convince regulators that xenotransplantation is ready for clinical trials in humans.
—Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
For decades, the Maryland group and others have been exploring xenotransplantation, or transplanting animal organs into people, as a way to ease the donor organ shortage.
—WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
But pig kidneys that filter human urine and pig hearts that beat inside human bodies haven’t yet fulfilled xenotransplantation’s promise.
—Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2023
At the University of Maryland Medical Center and elsewhere, researchers have been studying the possibility of transplanting animal organs into people—known as xenotransplantation—as a way to ease the human organ shortage.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
The groups hope to launch trials in living patients soon, but Faucette’s death may be a setback for the prospect of xenotransplantation.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
Damian here with data on biotech’s belt-tightening, the advance of xenotransplantation, and the escalating Ozempic panic.
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The need-to-know this morning
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—Damian Garde, STAT, 12 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1969, in the meaning defined above
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xenotransplantation
noun
xe·no·trans·plan·ta·tion
-ˌtran(t)s-ˌplan-ˈtā-shən
: transplantation of an organ, tissue, or cells between two different species (as a human and a domestic swine)
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