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XENO : the promise of transplanting animal organs into humans /

The plight of a patient waiting months, sometimes years, for an organ transplant is one of the most heart-wrenching predicaments confronting medicine today. But the current critical shortage of human donor organs has had one positive consequence: it has stimulated promising new research into the fie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cooper, D. K. C. (David K. C.), 1939-
Otros Autores: Lanza, Robert, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • An appreciation; Foreword; Preface: The next great medical revolution?; Acknowledgments; 1 The End of the Night Shift: Organ transplantation today and tomorrow; 2 Animal Attraction: Supply and demand in the world of organ transplantation; 3 From Icarus to the First Heart Transplant: Man's early attempts to bridge the species gap; 4 All Animals Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal than Others: The choice of donor; 5 Zero Tolerance: The rejection of animal organs; 6 A Spoonful of Sugar: Preventing rejection; 7 The "Humanized" Pig: Manipulating the genes of the donor.