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1 online resource (xxi, 274 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 field of xenotransplantation--the transplantation of organs from one animal species to another. In Xeno: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs Into Humans, David Cooper and Robert Lanza explore what may become one of the greatest medical advances of the 21st century. As scientists genetically engi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Xenografts -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Xenografts. |
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Transplantation immunology.
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Transplantation immunology. |
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Organ Transplantation. |
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Ethics. |
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Tissue Transplantation. |
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Transplantation, Heterologous. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lanza, Robert, 1956-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cooper, D.K.C. (David K.C.), 1939- XENO. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2000 0195128338 9780195128338 (DLC) 99014437 (OCoLC)40881451 |
| ISBN |
9780195351828 (electronic book) |
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0195351827 (electronic book) |
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9780195128338 |
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0195128338 (alkaline paper) |
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