[Xenogenic acceptance, a realistic fantasy?].
Over the last 5 years an unexpectedly fast progress has been achieved in the field of xenotransplantation. This gives cause for substantial hope. Thus, the wish to use animal grafts for the replacement of human organs could become a reality. However, no results exist at present to suggest a biological and immunological long term acceptance of xenografts in the near future. Xenotransplantation has the goal to improve the organ shortage dramatically and to solve the existing ethical problems of organ donation.
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Klinikum Grosshadern.
D000818:Animals; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology; D011379:Prognosis; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000276:immunology*
Xenogene Akzeptanz, eine realistische Wunschvorstellung?