Before my bovine lung patch turned me into a chimera (much like all those heart patients with the porcine valves and the mice with inserted human genes) I never thought about xenotransplantation. Now that I am part cow, part generous stranger and part Ger, I have done a lot of thinking about the issues surrounding ethical allo- and xenotransplantation...Technorati Tags: Xenotransplantation, Organ Transplantation
I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog, and The National Library of Medicine still uses Kidney Notes as an example of how to formally cite blogs in the medical literature. • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
A Patient's Thoughts on Xenotransplantation
Terie is a liver and kidney transplant recipient. From Terie and Ger's Transplant Adventure: