Address by the Honorary Founding President of the Xenotransplantation SocietyThe Eye of an Eagle: xenobiology and the quest for bioadvantage

Abstract

My purpose in these remarks is to stimulate us to consider the vast array that nature has provided us in the differentiation of species, and to examine the possibility that some of these differences might prove useful in other species, including man.

Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Keith Reemtsma (1925-2000)

“…His own interest in xenotransplantation continued, and at the inaugural meeting of the Xenotransplantation Society in October 1999, he described the theoretical advantage of transplanting ''.non-human islet cells [which] might not be attacked by auto-immune processes.'' 6 It probably gave him some satisfaction to have learned that, 1 month before his death, a team from Canada successfully performed such a transplant.…”