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A Pig May Someday Save Your Life.
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- Author(s): Cowley, Geoffrey
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Newsweek. 12/27/1999, Vol. 134/135 Issue 26/1, p87. 3p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram.
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Discusses xenotransplantation. Possibility that genetically altered pigs will be used to provide transplantable tissues and organs for humans in the 21st century; Obstacles to transplantation, including hyperacute rejection; Concern about so-called PERV, or porcine endogenous retroviruses, which are viral fossils.
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