Xeno : the promise of transplanting animal organs into humans / / David K.C. Cooper, Robert P. Lanza

• Autore: Cooper D. K. C (David K. C.), <1939->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000; ©2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 274 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 617.9/5
• Soggetto topico: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Moral and ethical aspects; Xenografts - Moral and ethical aspects; Transplantation immunology
• Altri autori: LanzaRobert <1956->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-263) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 donor ; 8 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Xeno
• ISBN: 0-19-770930-3; 0-19-028450-1; 1-280-91448-3; 9786610914487; 0-19-535182-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777461403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II