Porcine epithelium is an important tissue that is used in wound healing research, and is harvested from porcine models. For example, a Brazilian study published
Humans and pigs are biologically similar enough for research that the latter help make medical breakthroughs to help the former. But a new project at
Hernias occur after about 30 percent of orthotropic liver transplant patients, or OLT. As discussed earlier this year in the Germany Journal of Gastroenterology, a
It is important to determine the mechanical behavior of vessels and other soft tissues in order to know how they properly handle loads in all
Pigs are increasingly being used as an alternative to animals like dogs and monkeys when it comes to surgical procedures and preclinical toxicology testing of
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to
There are more than 123,000 Americans waiting for the organ transplants that can save their lives. And while pigs’ organs are close to humans’ in
An acellular cholecyst extracellular matrix (p-CEM) of porcine origin was prepared using anionic biological detergent and the healing potential compared with commercially available collagen sheet
Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the US today and patients that survive a myocardial infarction have a low five year survival
Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the US today and patients that survive a myocardial infarction have a low five year survival
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) shows progressive, irreversible airflow limitation induced by emphysema and lung inflammation. The aim of this study was to determine if
The limited success of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is largely attributed to defects in epigenetic reprogramming of the donor genome. Donor porcine stem cells
