Xenotransplant | The Clinical Reality Emerges

Over the past several decades transplantation has been established as a viable, last resort for instances of organ failure. However, the remarkable success rate of these procedures has become limited by the availability of healthy source organs. Taking advantage of the surgical knowledge gained over performance of thousands of transplants combined with greater understanding of immunology and novel post procedure treatment protocols, we are on the verge of solving the basic limitation of transplantable organ availability. This session will describe both the history and the near-term future of how this feat is expected to be accomplished.