Science, medicine, and the future: Xenotransplantation

Educating the Future of Science and Medicine.

For the past two decades, veterinary educators have been at the forefront of innovations in educational practices related to science and medicine. Many of the resulting methods have been translated and implemented as best practices across the breadth of disciplines in higher education. However, past World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) global conferences have highlighted the necessity for...

Xenotransplantation and the future of renal replacement.

Transplantation of the kidney first became feasible in the early years of the 20th century (1). Experimental surgeons had recently devised the vascular anastomosis as a way of repairing the cut end of blood vessels, and that advance created the field of vascular surgery (2,3). Those who sought to apply the vascular anastomosis were not satisfied with the concept that it might only solve the pro...

Xenotransplantation: an animal future?

Science, medicine, and the future: Tolerance and autoimmunity.

Immune tolerance and autoimmunity are important clinically. Firstly, there are at least 40 known or suspected autoimmune diseases, and many are common (see box). Overall, 1 person in 31 is affected. Moreover, autoimmune type 1 diabetes is the most common of all chronic diseases of children. Secondly, autoimmune disease is poorly diagnosed because the onset can be stealthy, and initial symptoms ...

Clinical Review Science, Medicine, and the Future Malaria

Prevention of malaria requires a combination of laboratory and operational research and political will to provide affordable effective drugs