Xenotransplantation at a crossroads: Prevention versus progress
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Medicine
- Vol. 2 (1) , 18-21
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0196-18
Abstract
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.Keywords
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