Swine it #101: Xenotransplantation: pigs can literally save your life - Dr. Guillermo Ramis
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"๐๐ช๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ." - ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป:
1. Xenotransplantation
2. Challenges
3. Components and proteins targeted
4. Achieving a successful liver transplant
5. Survivability of a litter of modified pigs
6. Survivability of the transplant itself
7. Animal weight vs. Receiver weight
8. Public acceptance
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐: Dr. Ramis received his degree in Veterinary Medicine / Science from the University of Murcia in 1993, and earned a PhD in Veterinary Medicine / Science with honors also from the University of Murcia in 2002. He obtained his Diploma from the European College of Porcine Health and Management in 2006. Dr. Ramis is currently Associate Professor at the Animal Production Department at the University of Murcia, teaching courses for the Veterinary Medicine / Science degree and the Professional and Scientific Swine Production Masterโs degree (he is also this programโs coordinator) at the University of Murcia.