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the " second set response ” by the British researchers Thomas Gibson and Sir Peter Medawar . It was already known that once the body encounters a foreign substance the lymphocytes will remember that exposure and be ready to react ...
Provides information on issues related with organ transplants such as choosing a transplant team, learning about anti-rejection drugs, dealing with emotional responses, and finding support groups.
Learn how organ transplants work and how scientists continue to extend and improve human life with new discoveries. Sidebars, full-color photos, a glossary, and well-placed graphs, charts, and maps, enhance this engaging title.
This book examines the science that led up to the first organ transplant and explores the lives of the scientists who played a role in this discovery. It also outlines the different types of transplants, including cross-species transplants.
Talks to teens and offers practical advice and suggestions for coping with and surviving the situation of when a family member has an organ transplant, or when they are personally facing an organ transplant.
This book offers a comprehensive, and balanced discussion of the issues surrounding organ and tissue transplants.
This comprehensive volume is a fascinating guide to organ transplants, beginning with the first animal-to-human transplants and the innovations that led to the successful operations of today.
Learn how organ transplants work and how scientists continue to extend and improve human life with new discoveries. Sidebars, full-color photos, a glossary, and well-placed graphs, charts, and maps, enhance this engaging title.
Organ transplants already raise difficult questions about how scarce organs should be allocated. Artificial organ technology promises to save more lives than ever, but it also raises concerns about whether...
Discusses the progress made in the field of organ transplants, how and to whom the process is done, and the ethical questions transplants raise.
This book examines the science that led up to the first organ transplant and explores the lives of the scientists who played a role in this discovery. It also outlines the different types of transplants, including cross-species transplants.
Every ten minutes, a new name is added to the ever-growing national organ transplant waiting list. Readers will explore the history of organ transplants and its current state.
This is a one-of-a-kind book that addresses the issue of what it's like to be involved with an organ transplant procedure.