Marino Ignazio R, Cirillo Claudia
Department of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Exp Clin Transplant. 2014 Mar;12 Suppl 1:11-6. doi: 10.6002/ect.25liver.l14.
Organ transplantation is one of the most remarkable therapeutic advances in modern medicine; it started as an experiment and has become a life-saving practice. We briefly describe the major milestones of this multidisciplinary clinical science, the challenges that it still faces, and we consider the crucial contribution that its example could set for other medical fields.
A review of the literature was conducted and a selection of images was made to complete a brief history of organ transplantation, with a particular focus on liver transplantation.
The largest problem affecting organ transplantation today is the shortage of organs. Attention should be given to preserving the peculiar high ethical value that characterizes the very nature of organ transplantation.
Methods successfully adopted by organ transplantation during the past 60 years can inspire promising fields, such as stem cell research, and provide useful tools to face the ethical challenges posed by scientific discoveries.
器官移植是现代医学最显著的治疗进展之一；它始于一项实验，现已成为一种挽救生命的实践。我们简要描述这一多学科临床科学的主要里程碑、它仍面临的挑战，并思考其范例可为其他医学领域带来的关键贡献。
进行了文献综述，并挑选了一些图片以完成器官移植简史，特别关注肝移植。
当今影响器官移植的最大问题是器官短缺。应重视维护器官移植本质所特有的高度伦理价值。
器官移植在过去60年中成功采用的方法可以启发诸如干细胞研究等有前景的领域，并提供有用的工具来应对科学发现带来的伦理挑战。
