CryoLife and The Magdi Yacoub Institute Sign Research Collaboration to Improve Xenografts for Human Transplantation
CryoLife, Inc. announced that CryoLife and The Magdi Yacoub Institute, at the Imperial College, London, UK, have entered into a three year research collaboration to develop methods to improve the utilization of unfixed xenografts (animal tissues) for human transplantation.
A primary focus of the collaboration will be on the technology that is used to decellularize porcine heart valves. This research effort will leverage The Magdi Yacoub Institute's extensive knowledge of heart valve structure and biochemistry, and is designed to optimize decellularization technology in the preparation of animal tissues for human implantation.
The Magdi Yacoub Institute was founded and is headed by Sir Magdi Yacoub. Sir Magdi Yacoub is a pioneer in the field of heart transplantation and is one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons. For almost 10 years, Professor Yacoub's group has been among the foremost laboratories in the world that centers its efforts to define and characterize heart valve cells and their activities.
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