Sykes provides an overview of xenotransplantation, the use of organs or grafts from other (non-human) species. She outlines the challenges encountered with cross-species transplantation, and how scientist have been able to overcome these difficulties. Sykes and other laboratories are exploring the use of miniature pigs for xenotransplantations to humans. Sykes shows the outcome of xenotransplantations performed between different species (e.g. rat to mouse or pig to baboon), and what scientists have learned from these results.
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The Immune Response to Allo- and Xenotransplantation
Megan Sykes provides an introduction to the field of organ transplantation, discusses the immunological responses associated with this procedure, and explains the new onsets of xenotransplantation. (Talk recorded in April 2018)
- Part 1: Introduction to TransplantationAudience:
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 32:19 - Part 2: Taming and Tracking the Human AlloresponseAudience:
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 37:40 - Part 3: XenotransplantationAudience:
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 31:32