The first human renal transplant and the first xenotransplant in Italy.
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.
Casciani
Carlo U
CU
Chair of Nephrology, Chair of Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. casciani@med.uniroma2.it
Cipriani
Silvia
S
D000818:Animals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000266:history*; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000266:history*