LEADER 03798nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910451195403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-91448-3 010 $a9786610914487 010 $a0-19-535182-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000415769 035 $a(EBL)430498 035 $a(OCoLC)429917302 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000275541 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11221580 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275541 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10223261 035 $a(PQKB)10087552 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430498 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430498 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278247 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL91448 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000415769 100 $a19990222d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aXeno$b[electronic resource] $ethe promise of transplanting animal organs into humans /$fDavid K.C. Cooper, Robert P. Lanza 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-512833-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-263) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a8 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 terms 327 $aBibliographyIndex 330 $aThe 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 606 $aTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aXenografts$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aTransplantation immunology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc.$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aXenografts$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aTransplantation immunology. 676 $a617.9/5 700 $aCooper$b D. K. C$g(David K. C.),$f1939-$0863358 701 $aLanza$b R. P$g(Robert Paul),$f1956-$0620255 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451195403321 996 $aXeno$92062884 997 $aUNINA