Xenografts -- Alternative Transplants

How realistic is the idea that pigs may eventually make up the void in organs needed for transplants in humans? Will genetically modifying the pig by inducing tolerance in patients be enough to make the grafts possible, or will such challenges prove to be insurmountable?

All 50 Secrets of the Sequence videos have an accompanying classroom-tested lesson that encourages students to further explore the video topics. Each lesson includes background information, state and national science standards, discussion questions and answers, teacher notes and an activity that will ensure a hands-on, "minds-on" experience. To see lessons for this series, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/secretsofthesequence/.

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Science & Technology

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• vcu
• virginia
• commonwealth
• university
• richmond
• rams
• xaftenograph
• transplant
• dna
• science
• health
• cells
• biology
• genetics
• medicine

[PinkProgram]

Why not make a transgenic donor organism that grows replacement human organs instead of modifying existing organisms... a living machine.

[SpeciationEverywhere]

xenographt!