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heterograft
(redirected from xenotransplantation)

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heterograft [′hed·ə·rō‚graft]
(immunology)
A tissue or organ obtained from an animal of one species and transplanted to the body of an animal of another species. Also known as heterologous graft.


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That operation, writes Miller, was a landmark for Sachs, his colleagues, and the field of xenotransplantation, or the process of putting organs from a member of one species into a member of another species.
In the field of xenotransplantation, key components of a source-animal production facility were described.
Even with Hollywood's assistance - or hindrance, as the case may be - Cooper says the primary objection to xenotransplantation seems to be from animal rights organizations rather than from people worried about Frankensteinian species blends.
 
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