Unveiling the History of Transplantation

An Illustrated Review of the Boundaries, Fantasies and Realities

Shi Chen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

702 Seiten

2024
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division (Verlag)
978-0-443-29102-9 (ISBN)

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Unveiling the History of Transplantation: An Illustrated Review of the Boundaries, Fantasies and Realities covers the key international figures involved in organ transplantation and related fields. It includes a discussion of the contributions of many Nobel Prize winners in Physiology and Medicine. The book introduces the whole process of transplantation and the latest research progress of cell, tissue, and organ transplantation: from initial exploration to maturity and on to widespread application. A key feature of this resource is that it includes a large number of unique historical photos and material related to organ transplantation as collected by the author from libraries worldwide.

Shi Chen is Professor of Surgery at the Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, in China. He has been engaged in clinical and basic organ transplantation research for over 40 years. He has published over 200 papers and 10 books on organ transplantation, including organ transplantation surgical techniques, immunology, transplantation pathology, and history and progress. He was the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation for many years and is now the honorary editor-in-chief of the journal. During many years of clinical and basic research on organ transplantation, he was particularly interested in the history of organ transplantation and collected a large number of documents and historical pictures.

1. The outstanding contributors to transplantation
2. Transplantation immunology
3. Kidney transplantation
4. Heart transplantation
5. Lung transplantation
6. Pancreas transplantation
7. Intestinal transplantation
8. Cell and tissue transplantation
9. Reproductive organ and tissue transplantation
10. Xenotransplantation
11. Organ provenance and preservation
12. Urogenital organ transplantation
13. Pregnancy and reproduction after transplantation

Erscheinungsdatum	24.09.2024
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1240 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
ISBN-10	0-443-29102-0 / 0443291020
ISBN-13	978-0-443-29102-9 / 9780443291029
Zustand	Neuware