Nature Medicine
1, 403 - 404 (1995)
doi:10.1038/nm0595-403
Nudging xenotransplantation towards humansJohn W. FabreInstitute of Child Health University of London London WC1N 1EH, UK Transplanting organs across species lines presents tremendous difficulties, but the obstacles are no longer insurmountable (pages 423−427).
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