Function Measurements of HLA-II Transgenic Pigs for Xenotransplantation
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Hao-Chih Tai1, Ching-Fu Tu2,*, Tien-Shuh Yang2, Jang-Ming Lee1, San-Yuan Huang2,3 and Bao-Tyan Wang4 1Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine 2Divisions of Biotechnology and Applied Biology, Animal Technology Institute Taiwan 3Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 4Department of Genomic Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua Taiwan
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