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The majority of patients in need of organ transplants do not survive long enough for a suitable human organ to become available. Xenotransplantation, the transplant of animal organs into humans, has attracted substantial media attention. If, as appears likely, it proves possible to "humanize" animal organs and evade the problems of rejection, in the coming few years there will be a tremendous increase in this procedure, mostly using organs from animals specifically for their harvestable organs. This book will lay out the potential and promise of the technique, the history of organ transplantation, the technical problems and breakthroughs in overcoming immune rejection, and typing and humanizing donor organs for transplantation. The ethical question of growing animals specifically for organ harvest, and the substantial public health concern from the certainty that animal viruses will pass into humans with the donated organs, will be fully discussed. The authors are among the leaders in the field of Xenotransplantation. This book lays out the potential and promise of Xenotransplantation, the transplant of animal organs into humans. The history of organ transplantation, the technical problems and breakthroughs in overcoming immune rejection, and typing and humanizing donor organs for transplantation are covered.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. --- Xenografts --- Transplantation immunology. --- Cellular immunity --- Immunology --- Histocompatibility --- Immunological tolerance --- Heterografts --- Heterologous transplants --- Heteroplastic grafts --- Xenotransplantation --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Immunological aspects --- Moral and religious aspects --- Transplantation immunology --- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc --- xenotransplantatie --- Organ Transplantation --- Ethics --- Tissue Transplantation --- Transplantation, Heterologous --- Heterograft Transplantation --- Heterografting --- Heterologous Transplantation --- Xenograft Transplantation --- Xenografting --- Transplantation, Heterograft --- Transplantation, Xenograft --- Egoism --- Ethical Issues --- Metaethics --- Moral Policy --- Natural Law --- Situational Ethics --- Ethical Issue --- Ethics, Situational --- Issue, Ethical --- Issues, Ethical --- Law, Natural --- Laws, Natural --- Moral Policies --- Natural Laws --- Policies, Moral --- Policy, Moral --- Censorship, Research --- Grafting, Organ --- Transplantation, Organ --- Graftings, Organ --- Organ Grafting --- Organ Graftings --- Organ Transplantations --- Transplantations, Organ --- Transplantation --- Grafting, Tissue --- Transplantation, Tissue --- Tissue Grafting --- Tissues --- Moral and ethical aspects --- xénotransplantation (xénogreffe) --- transplantation