News Flash: The First Animal (Pig) to Human Transplant for Sale to Type 1 Patients

The First Animal (Pig) to Human Transplant for Sale to Type 1 Patients. Russia has announced that it will be the first nation to approve transplanting animal cells into humans, or xenotransplantation. First tested in Russia in 2007 on 8 patients, each were given between 1 and 3 transplants of Diabecell, pig cells coated with seaweed, which were placed directly into the pancreas. Within 12 months, 2 of the patients had stopped taking insulin entirely for 8 months and 6 showed an improvement of blood glucose control.

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