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Investigating the Immunological Mechanisms Underlying Organ Transplant Rejection
Published on: August 20, 2007
[Research progress of overcoming immunological rejection in xenotransplantation]
Dongmei Wang1, Changxing Song, Zhixin Zhang
1Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, 101149, P.R. China.
Objective:
To review the methods of overcoming immunological rejection in xenotransplantation.
Methods:
The strategies of overcoming immunological rejection in xenotransplantation were analyzed and summarized on the basis of an extensive review of the latest literature concerned.
Results:
The research development of immunological rejection mechanism and molecular biological technique provided new approaches for overcoming immunological rejection in xenotransplantation.
Conclusion:
It is only a matter of time for xenotransplantation to be applied clinically.
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