Anna Woźniak

1. Introduction Polydimethysiloxane (PDMS) is the most widely used silicone for medical applications (medical devices, and implants) thanks to its numerous advantages such as biocompatibility, elasticity, transparency or cost [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Despite this, inevitable side effects are observed in the medical field [7].

1 Introduction Animal organs, tissues and cells constitute a promising strategy in xenotransplantation. In particular, pig organs are studied in detail because of their numerous features: (i) they are similar to humans in anatomical size and structure, immunology, genome, and physiology, (ii) they can be bred on demand, (iii) and the donor pig must be free of specific pathogens that might potentially lead to morbidity in the recipient (1).

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