XENO : the promise of transplanting animal organs into humans / David K.C. Cooper, Robert P. Lanza.
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 fie...
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| Summary: | 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. As scientists genetically engi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 274 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195351828 0195351827 1280914483 9781280914485 9786610914487 6610914486 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |