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Xenotransplantation

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An organism consisting of two or more organs of different genetic composition is an ancient concept. Greek, Indian, and Chinese mythologies provide abundant examples of mythical composite creatures with fantastic properties: the Greek Chimera, with three heads (lion, goat, and snake) and a body comprising a lion in the front, a goat in the rear, and snake for a tail; the Indian Ganesh, with the head of an elephant and a body of a man; and the Chinese Phoenix, which is a bird with the neck of a snake, the back of a tortoise, and the tail of a fish. By those standards, the goals of modern xenotransplantation are far less fanciful.

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  2. Department of Biology, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

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  3. Transplant Center, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

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Chong, A.S., Boussy, I.A., Byrne, G.W. (2004). Xenotransplantation. In: Wilkes, D.S., Burlingham, W.J. (eds) Immunobiology of Organ Transplantation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8999-4_10

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