Creating human organs in chimaera pigs: an ethical source of immunocompatible organs?

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Creating human organs in chimaera pigs: an ethical source of immunocompatible organs?
 
Shaw, David; Dondorp, Wybo; Geijsen, Niels; de Wert, Guido
(2015) Journal of Medical Ethics, volume 41, issue 12, pp. 970 - 974
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Abstract
New techniques in regenerative medicine may soon enable the creation of human organs inside animals using induced pluripotent stem cells. This technology has the potential to solve the organ scarcity problem by providing a limitless source of personalised organs for transplantation, but also raises several ethical issues, particularly concerning animal ... read more
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Keywords: Animal Welfare, Animals, Chimera, Graft Rejection, Histocompatibility, Humans, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Organ Transplantation, Personhood, Regenerative Medicine, Swine, Transplantation Tolerance, Waiting Lists, Zoonoses, Taverne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2014-102224
ISSN: 0306-6800
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
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