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The Potential Clinical Applications of Xenotransplantation – a cutting-edge lecture

London, UK. 22nd September 2003 - On the 6th October, the London Surgical Society will host a controversial and thought provoking lecture on the cutting-edge clinical applications of xenotransplantation (the use of animal organs and cells in humans). This will be given by Professor David Cooper from the Transplantation Biology Research Centre, Harvard University, Boston. This will take place at 6.00pm in New Hunt’s House, Guy’s Campus, King’s College London.

A transcript of the lecture will be published in the next issue of The Journal of Surgery - with which the society is affiliated and this will be published on the 1st October. The Journal of Surgery is a peer-reviewed international journal for the advancement of surgery and has obtained exclusive rights to the publication of the transcript.

This is the first of a series of innovative and intellectually stimulating events focusing on the discipline of surgery and organized by the London Surgical Society. The aim of the society is to provide a broad range of educational activities and opportunities for surgeons, academics, trainees and students. Furthermore, a selection of meetings have a more generic public interest value. The society offers a perfect medium for the exchange of information and ideas on the practice and organization of surgery.

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