Xenotransplantation : international policy issues.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Conference Name:

Workshop on International Issues in Transplantation Biotechnology, Including the Use of Non-human Cells, Tissues and Organs (1998 : New York, N.Y.)

Series:

OECD proceedings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xenografts--Government policy--Congresses.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Government policy--Congresses.

Transplantation immunology--Congresses.

Transplantation immunology.

Transplanatation, Heterologous--legislation.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Government policy.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Xenografts.

Government policy.

Organ Transplantation--legislation & jurisprudence.

Transplantation Immunology--legislation & jurisprudence.

Medical Subjects:

Transplanatation, Heterologous--legislation.

Organ Transplantation--legislation & jurisprudence.

Transplantation Immunology--legislation & jurisprudence.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

114 pages ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999.

Summary:

Over one million people world-wide have benefited from successful tissue and organ transplants and survival rates have dramatically improved. But transplantation has become a victim of its own success. The demand for human organs can no longer be met a

Notes:

"A summary of topics, issues and policy considerations discussed at the joint OECD-New York Academy of Sciences Workshop on "International Issues in Transplantation Biotechnology, Including the Use of Non-human Cells, Tissues and organs -- p. 3.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-114).

ISBN:

9264170308

OCLC:

42890209