Xeno: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs Into Humans

Oxford University Press. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 2000. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 274 pages: 6.5 x 9.5 in.: 1.4: Remainder: KB#013601: Bookjacket/dustjacket now protected by a New Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket has small scuffing at bottom edge of spine; otherwise is intact and complete. Book has two black remainder marks on bottom of page block. Else, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Printing Number Line (9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "The plight of a patient waiting months, sometimes years, for an organ transplant is one of the most heart-wrenching predicaments confronting medicine today. But the current critical shortage of human donor organs has had one positive consequence: it has stimulated promising new research into the field of xenotransplantation--the transplantation of organs from one animal species to another. David Cooper and Robert Lanza explore what may become one of the greatest medical advances of the 21st century. As scientists genetically engineer animal organs to evade the problems of rejection, we can expect a tremendous increase in xenotransplantation. This book recounts the several historical attempts to transplant animal organs into humans, and draws attention to the immense potential and promise of this form of therapy." .