Xenotransplantation; Pig Is Animal Of Choice For Supplying Organs For Humans
Xenotransplantation; Pig Is Animal Of Choice For Supplying Organs For Humans
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Xenotransplantation; Pig Is Animal Of Choice For Supplying Organs For Humans
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Atlanta: NewsRx
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Blood Weekly, 2001, p.22.24
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English
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Atlanta: NewsRx
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[David H. Sachs] reasons that if a xenotransplant recipient is given a pig thymus, too, it may convince the immune system that the pig organ is its own standard equipment. To do this, surgeons would first operate on the pig, attaching part of its thymus to the organ of interest. After it heals, this combination organ - a thymokidney or thymoheart -...
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Xenotransplantation; Pig Is Animal Of Choice For Supplying Organs For Humans
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TN_cdi_proquest_wirefeeds_196503685
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_wirefeeds_196503685
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1065-6073
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1532-4559
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