Xeno-transplantation /
Xenotransplantation could have an impact on at least three aspects of medicine. The first is as a means of overcoming a severe shortage of human donor organs for the treatment of organ failure. The second aspect relates to the possibility that a xenogeneic organ would not be susceptible to infection...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer,
2003.
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| Series: | Current topics in microbiology and immunology ;
278. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Xenotransplantation could have an impact on at least three aspects of medicine. The first is as a means of overcoming a severe shortage of human donor organs for the treatment of organ failure. The second aspect relates to the possibility that a xenogeneic organ would not be susceptible to infection by a "human" virus and thus the xenograft might resist injury caused by such viruses. The third and, as of yet, unexplored aspect relates to a means of delivering genes for therapeutic purposes thus overcoming some of the limitations of "conventional" gene therapy. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIV, 254 pages 21 illustrations, 7 illustrations in color.) |
| ISBN: | 9783642555411 (electronic bk.) 3642555411 (electronic bk.) |