Gene Therapy
New gene therapy research has been reported by K. Kiernan et al
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, September 25th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Antibodies directed at non-gal xenoantigens are responsible for acute humoral xenograft rejection when gal knockout (GalTKO) pig organs are transplanted into nonhuman primates. We generated IgM and IgG gene libraries using peripheral blood lymphocytes of rhesus monkeys initiating active xenoantibody responses after immunization with GalTKO pig endothelial cells and used these libraries to identify IgV(H) genes that encode antibody responses to non-gal pig xenoantigens."
"Immunoglobulin genes derived from the IGHV3-21 germline progenitor encode xenoantibodies directed at non-gal xenoantigens. Transduction of GalTKO cells with...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-09-25)
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