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Xenotransplantation at a crossroads: prevention versus progress
1Department of Virology and Immunology, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas 78228, USA.
Nature Medicine
|January 1, 1996
The infectious disease risks associated with baboon-to-human transplants may represent an insurmountable hurdle in the race to save lives. Yet, public health agencies are reluctant to regulate xenotransplantation in spite of those risks.
The infectious disease risks associated with baboon-to-human transplants may represent an insurmountable hurdle in the race to save lives. Yet, public health agencies are reluctant to regulate xenotransplantation in spite of those risks.