D.R. Salomon / C. Wilson (eds.)

Xenotransplantation

Herausgegeben:Wilson, Carolyn; Salomon, Daniel R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 278
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-00210-9
• 2003
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9783540002109
• ISBN-10: 3540002103
• Artikelnr.: 11412450

Inhaltsangabe

Genetic Modification of Xenografts.- Public Health Risks - Patient vs. Society in an Emerging Field.- Cross-Species Infections.- Non-Human Primate Herpesviruses: Importance for Xenotransplantation.- Understanding Xenotransplantation Risks from Non-Human Primate Retroviruses.- Exogenous Porcine Viruses.- Swine Hepatitis E Virus: Cross-Species Infection and Risk in Xenotransplantation.- Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Infectious PERVand Development of Diagnostic Tests.- Xenotransplantation-Federal Regulatory Considerations.