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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1. Verfasser: Cooper, D. K. C. (David K. C.), 1939-
Weitere Verfasser: Lanza, Robert, 1956-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2000.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxi, 274 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index.
ISBN:9780195351828
0195351827
1280914483
9781280914485
9786610914487
6610914486
0190284501
9780190284503

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