Why was PERV not transmitted during preclinical and clinical xenotransplantation trials and after inoculation of animals?
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DOI: 10.1186/s12977-018-0411-8
Abstract: Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) are present in the genome of all pigs, they infect certain human cells and therefore pose a special risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues and organs. Xenotransplantation is being developed… read more here.
Keywords: xenotransplantation trials; clinical xenotransplantation; transmitted preclinical; xenotransplantation ... See more keywords