Transplantation/Related Articles

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Immunology [r]: The study of all aspects of the immune system in all animals. ^[e]
Surgery [r]: Field of medicine that focuses on operative treatments of the body. ^[e]
Blood transfusion [r]: Add brief definition or description

Transplant [r]: The actual cells or organ transferred during transplantation ^[e]
Transplantation, autologous [r]: Transplantation from another site in or on the body of the individual receiving it. ^[e]
Transplantation, heterologous [r]: Transplantation between organisms of different species ^[e]
Transplantation, heterotopic [r]: Transplantation of cells typical of one area to a different recipient site; the cells may be autologous, heterologous, or homologous ^[e]
Transplantation, homologous [r]: Transplantation between individuals of the same species. Usually refers to genetically disparate individuals in contradistinction to isogeneic transplantation for genetically identical individuals. ^[e]
Transplantation, isogeneic [r]: Transplantation between genetically identical organisms of the same species, as in identical twins or clones ^[e]

Digital rights management [r]: Legal and technical techniques used by media publishers in an attempt to control distribution and usage of distributed video, audio, ebooks, and similar electronic media. ^[e]
Dextrocardia [r]: Presence of the heart in the right hemithorax, with the cardiac apex directed to the right. ^[e]
Surgery [r]: Field of medicine that focuses on operative treatments of the body. ^[e]
Glycolysis [r]: A biochemical pathway by which a molecule of glucose is oxidized to two molecules of pyruvate. ^[e]
Stem cell [r]: Describes cells that have the potential to differentiate to new cell types; usually encompasses totipotent, pluripotent and multipotent cells. ^[e]
Blood cross-matching [r]: Test for incompatibility between donor and recipient blood, carried out prior to transfusion to avoid potentially lethal haemolytic reactions. ^[e]