title: The demise of UKXIRA and the regulation of solid-organ xenotransplantation in the UK.
abstract: The new regulations on xenotransplantation pay insufficient attention to the broad ethical (and legal) problems raised by this technique and that the abandonment of a national body with overall regulatory authority in this area is a mistake.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006077:Government Agencies; D033161:Government Regulation; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012449:Safety; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom