Xenotransplantation
Xenotransplantation
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.
Genetic Modification of Xenografts
Public Health Risks - Patient vs. Society in an Emerging FieldCross-Species Infections
Non-Human Primate Herpesviruses: Importance for Xenotransplantation
Understanding Xenotransplantation Risks from Non-Human Primate Retroviruses
Exogenous Porcine Viruses
Swine Hepatitis E Virus: Cross-Species Infection and Risk in Xenotransplantation
Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Infectious PERVand Development of Diagnostic Tests
Xenotransplantation-Federal Regulatory Considerations.
Wilson, Carolyn
Salomon, Daniel R.
| ISBN | 978-3-540-00210-9 |
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| Article number | 9783540002109 |
| Media type | Book |
| Copyright year | 2003 |
| Publisher | Springer, Berlin |
| Length | XIII, 257 pages |
| Illustrations | XIII, 257 p. |
| Language | English |
