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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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.
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Xenotransplantation
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783642624315 |
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| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Publication date: | 09/13/2012 |
| Series: | Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology , #278 |
| Edition description: | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003 |
| Pages: | 257 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d) |
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