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200 10$aXeno $ethe promise of transplanting animal organs into humans /$fDavid K.C. Cooper, Robert P. Lanza
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2000
215   $a1 online resource (xxi, 274 pages) $cillustrations
225 1 $aOxford scholarship online.
300   $aPreviously issued in print: 2000.
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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: Tolerance; 9 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; Bibliography; Index
330 8 $aThe majority of patients in need of organ transplants do not survive long enough for a suitable human organ to become available. This book examines the clinical and ethical issues surrounding the use of humanised animal organs.
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606   $aTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc$xMoral and ethical aspects
606   $aXenografts$xMoral and ethical aspects
606   $aTransplantation immunology
615  0$aTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc.$xMoral and ethical aspects.
615  0$aXenografts$xMoral and ethical aspects.
615  0$aTransplantation immunology.
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