Researchers Take a Step Forward in Transplanting Pig Cells to Regenerate Human Cartilage, Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) Study

Researchers at IDIBELL's New Therapies on Genes and Transplantation group have studied the response of human NK cells (Natural Killer) against porcine chondrocytes (cartilage cells). The results of the research, published in The Journal of Immunology, indicate that these cells, characteristic of the innate immune system play an important role in the rejection of xenotransplantation (from another species) of porcine chondrocytes.