That's xeno as in xenografts and xenotransplants, the surgical transfer of organs between species _ particularly animals to people.
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If we start to be a bit blue-sky and look down the pike, we would like to do xenotransplants,
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Proponents of xenotransplant surgery point out that zookeepers and vets rarely fall sick despite being bitten or scratched by the animals they tend.
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Officials of the U . S . Public Health Service plan to issue guidelines soon to help guard against infectious hazards from xenotransplants.
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Savill was among several scientists, regulators and company sponsors of xenotransplant research who spoke at the Bio2000 conference in Boston on Monday.
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She became the first infant subject of a xenotransplant procedure and first successful infant heart transplant, receiving the heart of a baboon.
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The proposal urged researchers to document carefully an animal's breeding history and preserve blood samples from each animal used in a xenotransplant.
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In the meantime, Getty has become a spokesman for " xenotransplants, " in which animal organs are transplanted into humans.
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He added that the research may help speed progress in the xenotransplant field by giving scientists a way to study cross-species infections.
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But as she looked into the situation, she changed her mind : Interest in such " xenotransplants " was heating up.
