Xenotransplantation: back to the future?

Xenotransplantation: an animal future?

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: Is the future upon us?

Zambia : Back to the future ?

Back to the Evolutionary Future

Many books on evolution focus on the distant past or the present. Very few authors addressing a lay audience present what evolutionary changes may look like in the future. Coker has done so in this popular science book intended for a general audience. Basing the text on his similarly named course given at Elon University, the author provides a fascinating account of diverse aspects of evolution...