Rebuilding the Body: Organ Transplantation

by Ann Fullick

Book Overview

Every 27 minutes someone, somewhere, receives an organ transplant. Every 2 hours and 24 minutes, someone dies, waiting for a donated organ. Long before organ transplantation became a standard medical practice, doctors knew it would be a solution to the illness and death caused by organ failure. Before they could successfully transplant organs, there were many things they had to learn. They studied the immune system to understand why and how organs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588107000
• ISBN13: 9781588107008
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 11 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 8