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Animal-to-human organ transplants--a solution or a new problem?
1Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
|March 4, 1999
Abstract:
Xenotransplantation is seen by some mainly as an opportunity and by others mainly as a danger. It could help overcome the shortage of organs from human donors, but it raises a number of questions, particularly about safety, ethics and human nature. This article reviews the progress of research, debate and decision-making in this area.