... Xenotransplantation Kidney development Xenotransplantation, primarily of pig organs, has been proposed as a possible means to alleviate the shortage in donor organs for kidney transplantation. Xenotransplantation of sterilized pig heart valves, foetal pancreatic islet cells, foetal neural cells, and porcine...

... proteins Xenotransplantation The cell membrane is a complex fluid mosaic composed of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates [ 1 ]. The majority of membrane-bound proteins contain extracellular and intracellular domains separated by hydrophobic domains embedded in the lipid bilayer. However, proteins...