title: The first human renal transplant and the first xenotransplant in Italy.
abstract: The authors describe the first human renal transplantation and the first renal xenotransplant in Italy and the atmosphere at the University of Rome where these transplants were performed. Just a few months after those events, a state law was approved which allowed kidney donation.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Nephrology, Chair of Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. casciani@med.uniroma2.it
authors.forename: Carlo U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Casciani
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cipriani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000266:history*; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000266:history*