Nature Medicine
1, 964 - 966 (1995)
doi:10.1038/nm0995-964
The generation of transgenic pigs as potential organ donors for humansEmanuele Cozzi1
& David J.G. White2, 3
1Instituto de Medicina Internet, Padua University, Padua, Italy & Imutran Research Fellow
2Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18 Trumpington Road, Cambridge CB2 2AH, UK
3Correspondence should be addressed to D.J.G.W. REFERENCES
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