Xenotransplantation - Nuffield Council on Bioethics

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Animal-to-Human Transplants : the ethics of xenotransplantation Virus A minute infectious organism made of genetic material and protein. It is not normally considered to be a living organism, since it cannot live independently. Instead, viruses must infect living cells and reproduce inside them. New virus particles can then leave the cell. In some viruses, such as the herpes viruses, the genetic material is DNA. In others, such as the HIV virus that causes AIDS, the genetic material is a different type, called RNA (paragraph 6.9). White blood cells White blood cells (leucocytes) are the blood cells that enable the body to mount an immune response. They are divided into two main groups: B-cells and T-cells (paragraphs 3.9 - 3.14). <strong>Xenotransplantation</strong> <strong>Xenotransplantation</strong> or xenografting is the transplantation between different species of organs, tissue or cells (paragraph 3.8). Xenograft A xenograft is an organ or tissue that has been transplanted from one species into another (paragraph 3.8). Zoonoses Zoonoses are animal diseases that can also affect humans (paragraph 6.5). 142
Acknowledgements Acknowledgements The Working Party wishes to record its thanks to the many professionals and other individuals, too numerous to list here, who have assisted its work. It is particularly grateful to those individuals and organisations who prepared submissions and for the assistance given by Professor Mildred Blaxter, Dr Heather Draper, Professor Gordon Dunstan, Dr Tony Hope, Professor Robert Lechler, Professor Peter Morris, Professor David Onions and Dr Bob Watt. They all read through an earlier version of the report and we have sought to respond to the insights contained in their detailed comments. The Working Party would also like to thank Mr Harry Parker for his initial research into the science of xenotransplantation. 143
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