Cover
Front Matter
Half title
Title page
Copyright information
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapters Int- After
Introduction
PART I
Chapter 1 The Moment
Cheering on a pioneer
Chapter 2 The Road to 1950
The problem of incompatibility
Advances in the soviet union
Understanding the immune response
The clandestine operation
Breaking through at little company
Chapter 3 The First
Death in boston
Drawing clues from twin cattle
Success in south africa
Who was first? An intra-abdominal transplant
Chapter 4 The Pioneers

Leading on separate fronts
Chapter 5 The Transplant
The moment arrives
An electric atmosphere
Keeping the transplant quiet
Discovering an infection
Researching the feasibility of transplant
Chapter 6 The Backlash
Expressing moral qualms
Seeing transplantation in a new light
Transplantation's papal blessing
Criticizing the operation
A reputation redeemed
PART II
Chapter 7 The Crisis
Defending the system
Checking the registry
Seeking the best match
Practicing compassion
Keeping organs viable
Maximizing a precious resource

Chapter 8 The Patients
Glenn turner: a boxer battles his way to a second chance
Enduring the drudgery of dialysis
Eddie hall: a teacher with an incomparable colleague
A stranger rides to the rescue
Christine bertrand: a nonprofit coordinator faces twin health crises
Staying positive and counting the days
Father christoper wadelton:a golden-hearted donor
Twice delayed, the transplant is a success
Chapter 9 The Transplanters
John fung: a surgeon who has seen dramatic improvement in transplant outcomes
Praising the pioneers

Zoe stewart lewis: heartened by the advancement of female transplanters
Recognizing surgery's possibilities
The perils of candor
William goggins: a prolific transplanter who finds each operation unique
The education and training of a transplanter
Chapter 10 The Twenty- First- Century Transplant Centers
Touring a modern transplant center
Afterword
DELIVERING ORGANS WITH DRONES
XENOTRANSPLANTATION'S PROMISING POSSIBILITIES THROUGH GENE EDITING
ENGINEERING ARTIFICIAL KIDNEYS
BIOPRINTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORGANS
CREATING A KIDNEY MARKET

CONCLUSION: ADDRESSING TRANSPLANTATION'S PAINFUL PRICE OF SUCCESS
End Matter
Index