03798nam 2200637Ia 450 991045119540332120200520144314.01-280-91448-397866109144870-19-535182-7(CKB)1000000000415769(EBL)430498(OCoLC)429917302(SSID)ssj0000275541(PQKBManifestationID)11221580(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275541(PQKBWorkID)10223261(PQKB)10087552(MiAaPQ)EBC430498(Au-PeEL)EBL430498(CaPaEBR)ebr10278247(CaONFJC)MIL91448(EXLCZ)99100000000041576919990222d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrXeno[electronic resource] the promise of transplanting animal organs into humans /David K.C. Cooper, Robert P. LanzaOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (299 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512833-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 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 donor8 The Immunological Holy Grail: Tolerance9 From Diabetes to Alzheimer's: Cells that will make a difference; 10 The Discordant Concert: Will the transplanted organ work?; 11 The Hottest Zone: The fear of an AIDS-like epidemic; 12 Guinea Pigs: The selection of the first patients; 13 Animal Rights and Human Wrongs: Ethical concerns; 14 Protecting the Public: Government regulations and safeguards; 15 Judgment Day: Potential legal problems; 16 The Ultimate Piggy Bank: Animal transplants and health care economics; 17 A Vision with a Task; Appendix; Glossary of selected biomedical termsBibliographyIndexThe 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 engiTransplantation of organs, tissues, etcMoral and ethical aspectsXenograftsMoral and ethical aspectsTransplantation immunologyElectronic books.Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.Moral and ethical aspects.XenograftsMoral and ethical aspects.Transplantation immunology.617.9/5Cooper D. K. C(David K. C.),1939-863358Lanza R. P(Robert Paul),1956-620255MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451195403321Xeno2062884UNINA