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xenograft

NOUN
  1. tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species

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  • DeWitte and colleagues also recently demonstrated that HYP is a photoactive anticancer agent in A431 skin tumor cell xenografts, and basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in patients.
  • Complement-mediated rejection of nerve cell xenografts presents an important obstacle to effectively replacing damaged cells in the central nervous system.
  • However we have also shown that abrogation of a single gene (p21) in a human tumor cell unexpectedly sensitized xenograft tumors comprised of these cells to radiotherapy while not affecting in vitro cellular radiosensitivity. BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • The H-MESO1 xenografts used in these studies were grown s.c. in a mouse host, and some necrosis was evident as the tumors grew.
  • Pharmacologic doses of ascorbate act as a prooxidant and decrease growth of aggressive tumor xenografts in mice. Archive 2008-08-01
  • Intratumoral injected methylene blue plus red light illumination was also effective against human colon tumor xenografts, with destruction of 75% of tumors after a single treatment.
  • Objective To establish the xenograft acute vascular rejection(AVR) model of guinea pig to rat discordant cardiac xenografts by depletion of complement with purified Chinese cobra venom factor(CVF).
  • The organ shortage meant a new look at the use of xenograft organs - from other species.
  • In 1982 I did an interview with Robyn for the Science Show on transplantation, and somewhere in that long interview I made a comment about possible use of monkey tissue perhaps one day and this is now big news in terms of xenografts.
  • As reported previously, tracheal xenografts were established in nude mice by subcutaneously inserting denuded rat trachal matrix repopulated with human respiratory epithelium isolated from cadaveric airways.
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