Next steps for the xenotransplantation of pig organs into humans. Comment from Robert Montgomery and colleagues nyulangone.
Organ supply remains the number one unmet need in transplantation. Only a third of the patients listed for transplantation will receive an organ
. However, the true cost of the mismatch between organ supply and demand is unknown because deaths occur at every step in the process of management of end-organ disease, which means that many patients never make it to transplant listing.
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