Using non-human primates to benefit humans: research and organ transplantation

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 573-578

  Shaw, David ^a,b   Dondorp, Wybo ^a   de Wert, Guido ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chimeras; Hybrids; IPS cells; Personalized organs; Primates; Regenerative medicine; Research; Stem cells; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PIG; PRIMATE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIMATES; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 84908505807     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-014-9565-x     Document Type: Article

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