Creating human organs in chimaera pigs: an ethical source of immunocompatible organs?
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2015-12
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Shaw, David
Dondorp, Wybo
Geijsen, Niels
de Wert, Guido
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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 welfare, the 'human features' problem and human dignity.
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PLURIPOTENT STEM-CELLS, GENERATION, XENOTRANSPLANTATION, MEGAKARYOCYTES, PLATELETS, PANCREAS, Taverne, Journal Article
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Shaw, D, Dondorp, W, Geijsen, N & de Wert, G 2015, 'Creating human organs in chimaera pigs : an ethical source of immunocompatible organs?', Journal of Medical Ethics, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 970-974. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2014-102224