Xenotransplantation
- ISBN-10
- 1591763215
- ISBN-13
- 9781591763215
- Series
- Xenotransplantation
- Category
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
Description
To meet the growing need for transplantable organs, medicine may have to look outside our own species. Transplants from assorted creatures have met with some success; genetically engineered pigs may be the best donors of all.
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- 2023-06-21
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