Contents -- An appreciation -- Foreword -- Preface: The next great medical revolution? -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The End of the Night Shift: Organ transplantation today and tomorrow -- 2 Animal Attraction: Supply and demand in the world of organ transplantation -- 3 From Icarus to the First Heart Transplant: Man's early attempts to bridge the species gap -- 4 All Animals Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal than Others: The choice of donor -- 5 Zero Tolerance: The rejection of animal organs -- 6 A Spoonful of Sugar: Preventing rejection -- 7 The "Humanized" Pig: Manipulating the genes of the donor -- 8 The Immunological Holy Grail: Tolerance -- 9 From Diabetes to Alzheimer's: Cells that will make a difference -- 10 The Discordant Concert: Will the transplanted organ work? -- 11 The Hottest Zone: The fear of an AIDS-like epidemic -- 12 Guinea Pigs: The selection of the first patients -- 13 Animal Rights and Human Wrongs: Ethical concerns -- 14 Protecting the Public: Government regulations and safeguards -- 15 Judgment Day: Potential legal problems -- 16 The Ultimate Piggy Bank: Animal transplants and health care economics -- 17 A Vision with a Task -- Appendix -- Glossary of selected biomedical terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.