The graft : how a pioneering operation sparked the modern age of organ transplants / Edmund O. Lawler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawler, Ed, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--History.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers (Evergreen Park, Ill.).

Lawler, Richard H., 1895-1982.

Lawler, Richard H.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : First Hill Books, [2021]

Summary:

The Graft provides insight into a long-forgotten kidney transplant that helped spark the modern age of organ transplantation.

Contents:

Cover

Front Matter

Half title

Title page

Copyright information

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapters Int- After

Introduction

PART I

Chapter 1 The Moment

Cheering on a pioneer

Chapter 2 The Road to 1950

The problem of incompatibility

Advances in the soviet union

Understanding the immune response

The clandestine operation

Breaking through at little company

Chapter 3 The First

Death in boston

Drawing clues from twin cattle

Success in south africa

Who was first? An intra-abdominal transplant

Chapter 4 The Pioneers

Leading on separate fronts

Chapter 5 The Transplant

The moment arrives

An electric atmosphere

Keeping the transplant quiet

Discovering an infection

Researching the feasibility of transplant

Chapter 6 The Backlash

Expressing moral qualms

Seeing transplantation in a new light

Transplantation's papal blessing

Criticizing the operation

A reputation redeemed

PART II

Chapter 7 The Crisis

Defending the system

Checking the registry

Seeking the best match

Practicing compassion

Keeping organs viable

Maximizing a precious resource

Chapter 8 The Patients

Glenn turner: a boxer battles his way to a second chance

Enduring the drudgery of dialysis

Eddie hall: a teacher with an incomparable colleague

A stranger rides to the rescue

Christine bertrand: a nonprofit coordinator faces twin health crises

Staying positive and counting the days

Father christoper wadelton:a golden-hearted donor

Twice delayed, the transplant is a success

Chapter 9 The Transplanters

John fung: a surgeon who has seen dramatic improvement in transplant outcomes

Praising the pioneers

Zoe stewart lewis: heartened by the advancement of female transplanters

Recognizing surgery's possibilities.

The perils of candor

William goggins: a prolific transplanter who finds each operation unique

The education and training of a transplanter

Chapter 10 The Twenty- First- Century Transplant Centers

Touring a modern transplant center

Afterword

DELIVERING ORGANS WITH DRONES

XENOTRANSPLANTATION'S PROMISING POSSIBILITIES THROUGH GENE EDITING

ENGINEERING ARTIFICIAL KIDNEYS

BIOPRINTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORGANS

CREATING A KIDNEY MARKET

CONCLUSION: ADDRESSING TRANSPLANTATION'S PAINFUL PRICE OF SUCCESS

End Matter

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781785278365

1785278363

9781785278358

1785278355

OCLC:

1272991900