xenotransplantation

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Pigs are regarded as ideal for animal-to-human transplants, xenotransplantation, and other research because of the similarity in the physiological make-up and because they get many of the same diseases, such as diabetes.

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  1. noun The surgical transfer of cells, tissues, or especially whole organs from one species to another.

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