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ATTEMPTS to transplant the testis have been made for many years but with little success. Difficulties with vascular anastomoses when whole organ transplantation was employed and the effects of immunological rejection have been the major problems1,2. More encouraging results, however, have been reported following the grafting of separated components of the testes into intraocular sites in the rat3 and ‘Millipore’-type chambers in the rabbit4.
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BOYLE, P., Fox, M. Transplantation of Interstitial Cells of the Testis. Nature 245, 152–153 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/245152a0
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