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HETEROPLASTIA [1 record]

Record 1 2004-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

An operation involving the transplantation of tissue or an organ from an unrelated species (xenograft) to replace lost or damaged tissue.

CONT

After heterotransplantation of human kidney tumours (anaplastic kidney carcinoma and a Duct Bellini tumour) into nude mice the influence of either indomethacin or a-difluoromethylornithine or a combination of the two was investigated. Each of the two tumours were transplanted into 13 different mice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Greffe pratiquée avec un tissu ou un organe provenant d'une espèce différente que celle de l'organisme receveur.

CONT

Un grand pas vient d'être franchi en matière d'hétérotransplantation : pour la première fois, des cellules de la moelle osseuse de babouin, choisies car elles produisent des lymphocytes T résistant au VIH, ont été greffées chez un patient atteint du sida en phase terminale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
DEF

Injerto de tejidos procedentes de otro individuo.

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