It is like a fairy story! Or at least a beautiful epic, a truly significant page in the history of medicine, a staggering scene in which several actors come into play, both fundamentalists and clinical practitioners, eager to place all these new developments at the disposal of those suffering from i...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Hakim, Nadey S. (HerausgeberIn), Danovitch, Gabriel M. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Springer London 2001
Schriftenreihe:	Springer Specialist Surgery Series
Schlagworte:	Transplant Surgery General Surgery Transplantation of organs, tissu Surgery Transplantation Aufsatzsammlung
Online-Zugang:	UBR01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	It is like a fairy story! Or at least a beautiful epic, a truly significant page in the history of medicine, a staggering scene in which several actors come into play, both fundamentalists and clinical practitioners, eager to place all these new developments at the disposal of those suffering from ill health. Everyone is passionate about their work, be it providing new knowledge or perfecting new therapeutic methods. Man has always been fascinated by the possibility of replacing a damaged organ with a healthy one. Several attempts have been made over the centuries, and some miracles have been reported, such as those of Saint Damien and Saint Come as illustrated by Fra Angelico. The modern saga, however, started more modestly on the mouse. It is on the mouse that the first tissue group was discovered; yet the study of human tissue groups could only be carried out on a human. One human must be subjected to the thousands of tests that have enabled us to unravel the extraordinary complexity of the HLA system
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 450 p)
ISBN:	9781447136897
DOI:	10.1007/978-1-4471-3689-7