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 |
Table of Contents:
- Genetic modification of xenografts
- Public health risks
- patient versus society in an emerging field
- Cross-species infections
- Non-human primate herpesviruses: importance for xenotransplantation
- Understanding xenotransplantation risks from non-swine hepatitis E virus: cross-species infection and risk in xenotransplantation
- Molecular cloning and functions characterization of infectious PERV and development of diagnostic tests
- Xenotransplantation
- Federal regulatory considerations
- Subject index.