title: Using non-human primates to benefit humans: research and organ transplantation.
abstract: Emerging biotechnology may soon allow the creation of genetically human organs inside animals, with non-human primates (henceforth simply "primates") and pigs being the best candidate species. This prospect raises the question of whether creating organs in primates in order to then transplant them into humans would be more (or less) acceptable than using them for research. In this paper, we examine the validity of the purported moral distinction between primates and other animals, and analyze the ethical acceptability of using primates to create organs for human use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, david.shaw@unibas.ch.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Wybo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dondorp
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Wert
mesh_terms: D032761:Animal Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics*; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D011323:Primates / Q000601:surgery; D013552:Swine / Q000601:surgery; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods