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Old 08-11-2001, 02:51 AM   #1
George78
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Xenotransplantation and Prion Diseases

My friends,
Concerning the Diacrin clinical trial and soon the one of Alexion, I have a question. As those two procedures are involving pigs cells, how can we be sure the transplanted material is not carrying any prion diseases ?...
http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/335/Prions.html
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