ISBN:
9264170308
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei)
Series Statement:
OECD proceedings
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Xenotransplantation
Keywords:
18.03.1998
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Organtransplantation
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Gesundheitskosten
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Welt
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Amtsdruckschrift
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Graue Literatur
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Konferenzschrift
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Heterotransplantation
Abstract:
Over one million people world-wide have benefited from successful tissue and organ transplants and survival rates have dramatically improved. But transplantation has become a victim of its own success. The demand for human organs can no longer be met and deaths of persons on waiting lists have more than doubled since 1988. A number of alternatives have been proposed to fill the gap between the supply and demand of organs and the past few years have seen the development of various approaches derived from recent advances in biotechnology. Among these technologies is xenotransplantation - the transplantation of viable cells, tissues and organs from one animal species to another. Xenotransplantation of cells and tissues has been approved for clinical trials in a number of OECD countries.
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