The uniqueness of the individual has been Western man's pride since the Renaissance. Yet this uniqueness has been the source of the constant frustration of attempts to transfer the healthy organ or tissue of one individual as replacement for the irrevocably damaged one of another. If homotransplantation could be successfully accomplished in man, the possible clinical applications are almost unlimited. However, despite the technical progress of surgery, the only tissues that can be transplanted at the present time with consistent success are the formed elements of the blood and a few very acellular tissues such as cornea and bone. Aside . . .
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A 1963 study studied this question.