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Before Pigs' Germs Fly: Xenotransplantation and a Call for Federal Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2001

SUSAN E. HERZ
SUSAN E. HERZ
Affiliation:
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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Abstract

When surgeons transplant animal organs into humans, people who did not receive the organs incur risks. These third parties may stand near or far in time or space. No one knows the likelihood, breadth, or nature of the risks in question. The common wisdom among infectious-disease specialists is that in the best of xenotransplant conditions, such third-party risk may be minimized but not eliminated.

Type
PERSPECTIVES
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 441 - 444
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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