World's first animal-to-human transplant approved - health - 16 December 2010 - New Scientist
THE world's first xenotransplantation treatment - where animal cells are transplanted into humans - has been approved for sale in Russia.
The treatment, developed by Living Cell Technologies in New Zealand, is for type 1 diabetes. It consists of insulin-producing pig cells coated in seaweed, says Bob Elliott of LCT.
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