Every Living Creature

Joshua D. Mezrich is Professor of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin and holds the Mark A. Fischer Chair in Transplantation.

• 1. The Primate Era Begins (1963-1973)2: Baby Fae and the End of the Primate Era (1984-1988)3: The Science: Defining the Steps of the Evolutionary Ladder (1980-1991)4: The Potential: The Commodification of Xeno (1991-2004)5: Uncertain Peril (1995-2004)6: The Xeno-Visionaries of the 21st Century7: Translating the Vision8: Xenotransplantation is The Future of Transplantation

ENDORSEMENTS“A sensitive and beautifully recounted history of xenotransplantation, and a hopeful look toward a future in which more patients may live because of the incredible strides being made in this branch of medicine. Joshua Mezrich treads with care over this ethical minefield, but such is the moral and scientific force of this book that the reader is left asking not if, but when.”—Angela Saini, author of The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule and Superior: The Return of Race Science“The most comprehensive chronicle of the evolution of xenotransplantation, featuring a cast of quixotic personalities who dared to dream the impossible.”—Robert Montgomery, MD, Chair, Professor of Surgery, and Director, NYU Langone Transplant Institute“This is a stirring set of beautifully interwoven true stories revealing deep human drama, dreams, and the science behind the hope of millions of suffering patients desperately awaiting transplants. Objective, expert, and engaging.”—George Church, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; author of Regenesis