Xenotransplantation

By Carolyn Wilson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642624316
• ISBN13: 9783642624315
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"