BECAUSE of the discrepancy between the need for organs for transplantations and the number of available organs, the possibility of using xenogeneic animals (ie, pigs) as an unlimited source is becoming a burning issue. We believe that the problems should be analyzed from a wider point of view, based on the evaluation of (1) the xenozoonotic risk; (2) the risk of a permanent induced modification of the human genome; (3) the anthropological and psychological acceptance of chimerism by the human recipients; (4) the risk-benefit ethical evaluation.
Medical and ethical issues on xenotransplan-tation. The opinion of the public members, patients and transplant/candidates in Italy / Frati, Giacomo; Frati, P; Muzzi, L; Oricchio, G; Papalia, U; Yacoub, Mh. - In: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS. - ISSN 0041-1345. - 33(1-2):(2001), pp. 1884-1885. [10.1016/S0041-1345(00)02786-X]
Medical and ethical issues on xenotransplan-tation. The opinion of the public members, patients and transplant/candidates in Italy.
FRATI, GIACOMO;FRATI P;
2001
Abstract
BECAUSE of the discrepancy between the need for organs for transplantations and the number of available organs, the possibility of using xenogeneic animals (ie, pigs) as an unlimited source is becoming a burning issue. We believe that the problems should be analyzed from a wider point of view, based on the evaluation of (1) the xenozoonotic risk; (2) the risk of a permanent induced modification of the human genome; (3) the anthropological and psychological acceptance of chimerism by the human recipients; (4) the risk-benefit ethical evaluation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
