xenotransplantation
noun
xe·no·trans·plan·ta·tion
ˌze-nə-ˌtran(t)s-ˌplan-ˈtā-shən 
ˌzē-
: transplantation of an organ, tissue, or cells between two different species
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There still hasn’t been wide-scale approval of xenotransplantation by the FDA -- approval is on a case-by-case basis.
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Morgan Norwood, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Physician Robert Montgomery of NYU Langone Health performed the operation advancing formal studies of xenotransplantation.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
Her surgery is the latest in a series of similar procedures known as xenotransplantation, the practice of transplanting organs from one species to another.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
But Montgomery makes a bold prediction that xenotransplantation will become routine in less than 10 years.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Morgan Norwood, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Physician Robert Montgomery of NYU Langone Health performed the operation advancing formal studies of xenotransplantation.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
Her surgery is the latest in a series of similar procedures known as xenotransplantation, the practice of transplanting organs from one species to another.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
But Montgomery makes a bold prediction that xenotransplantation will become routine in less than 10 years.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Xenotransplantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/xenotransplantation. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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xenotransplantation
noun
xe·no·trans·plan·ta·tion
-ˌtran(t)s-ˌplan-ˈtā-shən
: transplantation of an organ, tissue, or cells between two different species (as a human and a domestic swine)
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