The field of xenotransplantation is benefiting greatly from recent advances in genetic engineering. The efficiency and pace with which new model animals are being created has dramatically sped progress towards clinical relevance. Herein we review the available methods of genetic engineering that have been successfully employed to create genetically modified pigs.
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
2
3%
Nursing and Health Professions
2
3%
Other
8
13%
Unknown
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25%
Attention Score in Context
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 May 2026.
All research outputs
#5,564,794
of 32,483,281 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Surgery
#402
of 3,600 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#54,182
of 291,545 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Surgery
#22
of 88 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,483,281 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 82nd percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,600 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.8. This one has done well, scoring higher than 88% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 291,545 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 81% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 88 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 75% of its contemporaries.
