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Q&A: Xenotransplantation

YearRangeCurriculumStrand

11-13

Upper Secondary

Science


Technology


Nature of Science
Living World

Nature of Technology

Overview

Xenotransplantation is when cells, tissues or organs are taken from one species and put into another to help treat disease.

Purpose

To review understanding of Xenotransplantation.

Read the information sheets Xenotransplantation and History of xenotransplantation to answer the questions in this worksheet.

Keywords

Xenotransplantation, organ donation, organ rejection, immune system, virus.

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