What Factors Presently Limit the Scope of Organ Transplantation as a Treatment

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Essay

What factors presently limit the scope of organ transplantation as a treatment for human disease?

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Definitions:

Adhesion Belt

A protein complex located just below the tight junctions in epithelial cells, contributing to the formation of an adhesive junction that holds cells together.

Apocrine

A type of gland that secretes substances (such as sweat) by shedding part of the cell, found in various parts of the body including armpits and groin.

Holocrine

A mode of secretion in which the entire cell disintegrates to release its substances, often seen in sebaceous glands.

Exocrine

Pertaining to glands that secrete their products through ducts either onto the surface of an organ or outside the body.