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         " Merger signals shift in xenotransplantation research."  Karen Birmingham.  Nature Medicine Nov 2000 vol.6 Issue 11, p. 1195

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         Nature Medicine, Nov 2000 Vol.6 Issue 11, p.  1195

          "Merger signals shift in xenotransplantation research."  Karen Birmingham.

         Abstract:  This article discusses the merger of Cambridge based Imutran, a company which has developed genetically modified pigs, with American company BioTransplant.  The author maintains this will set back research conducted in the United Kingdom on xenotransplantation, especially since the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland announced they will discontinue research on transgenic pigs.

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