RT Article
T1 Xenotransplantation: a bioethical evaluation
JF Journal of medical ethics
VO 32
IS 4
SP 205
OP 208
A1 Anderson, M.
LA English
PB BMJ Publ.
YR 2006
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1816130397
AB Allograft shortage is a formidable obstacle in organ transplantation. Xenotransplantation, the interspecies transplantation of cells, tissues, and organs, or ex vivo interspecies exchange between cells, tissues, and organs is a frequently suggested alternative to this allograft shortage. As xenotransplantation steadily improves into a viable allotransplantation alternative, several bioethical considerations coalesce. Such considerations include the Helsinki declaration’s guarantee of patients’ rights to privacy; political red tape that may select for undermined socioeconomic groups as the first recipients of xenografts; industry incentives in xenotransplantation investments; conflicts of interest when a clinician supervises a patient as a research subject; the psychosocial impact of transplantation on the xenograft recipient, and the rights of animals. This review illuminates these issues through a conglomeration of expert opinion and relevant experimental studies.
DO 10.1136/jme.2005.012914