Issues in xenotransplantation absence of hyperacute rejection in newborn pig-to-baboon cardiac xenografts

✍ Scribed by Ascher, Nancy L.

• Book ID: 102471671
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 189 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1074-3022
• DOI: 10.1002/lt.500010508

✦ Synopsis

The shortage of organs for transplantation is especially severe for the critically ill newborn infant, for whom donors of the appropriate size are particularly scarce. One way to overcome this problem is to use animals in lieu of human as organ donors. The major limitation to using ani-