[Xenotransplantation and animal welfare]
The problems of feasibility and public acceptance of using animals as foreign donors for organ transplants (xenotransplantation) are discussed from an animal protection point of view. It is proposed that a transparent information and a transdisciplinary composition of the members of decisive bodies is ensured to incorporate the current distrust towards xenotransplantation of a large part of the population. This strategy could lead to a consensus for or against such animal use of the whole society before it is technically possible and therefore irrevocable facts are created.
Reinhardt
Christoph A.
CA
SAAT (Swiss Alternatives to Animal Testing), CH-Bertschikon-Zürich und Fachstelle Gentechnologie und Tierversuche, Schweizer Tierschutz STS, CH-Basel.
Xenotransplantation: Mehr Transparenz bei der Gentechnologie an Tieren.