Xenotransplantation - Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Index
Follow-up of xenografts v, 2, 3, 78, 79, 103, 104
Food Advisory Committere (MAFF) 55
Food and Drug Administration (USA) 31
Gene Therapy Advisory Committee (GTAC)(DH) 80
Genetic modification ii, 37, 46, 52-55, 61-63, 78,
125, 128, 138
Genetics Forum 43, 68, 131, 133
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 55
Heart ii, 2-6, 13-16, 18, 19, 22, 25-27, 30, 31, 33,
36, 65, 72, 84-86, 89, 90, 96, 97, 99, 103,
105, 107, 109, 110, 127, 128, 135, 136, 139
Heart transplants 2-4, 19, 36, 84, 85, 97, 107
Heart valves 6, 22, 25, 72, 105, 109, 127
Hepatitis 13, 79, 128
Herpes virus 72
Heterozygote 138
HIV 31, 68, 69, 72, 93, 135, 138, 141, 142
Home Office viii, 57-61, 65, 66, 114-116
Home Office Inspectorate 58, 59, 61, 114
Homozygote 138
Horses 42
Human organs iii-v, ix, 1, 3-7, 13-18, 25, 26, 29-31,
35, 51, 67, 69, 78, 83, 86, 92, 93, 96-98, 101, 102-104,
106, 107, 109, 112, 113, 120, 121, 128, 129, 135
Huntington’s disease 91, 120
Hyperacute rejection iv, 26, 32-36, 127, 128, 135,
138
Immune response iv, viii, 6, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28-30,
32, 34, 52, 54, 71, 109, 110, 113,
114, 135-139, 141, 142
Immunosuppression 29, 36, 69, 71, 97, 103, 138
Immunosuppressive drugs 1-3, 18, 25, 26, 29, 30,
36, 103, 138
Imutran Ltd ii, 33, 36, 71, 85, 110, 133
Infectious organisms iii, iv, v, viii, x, 8, 17, 28, 48,
50, 57, 59, 62-64, 66-73, 75-78, 91, 89, 94,
114-117, 119, 122, 135, 136, 139, 141
Influenza 64, 67, 70, 71, 77
Informed consent 87, 118
Institute of Medical Ethics 39, 45, 46, 112, 129,
131, 133
Insulin 21, 27, 28, 140
Islet cells :
see Pancreatic islet cells
Jain Academy 44, 68, 133
Jehovah’s Witness 92
Kidney 1-7, 6, 14, 15, 17, 19, 25, 27, 30, 59,
65, 83, 86, 91, 95, 97, 98, 104, 106, 133, 137, 139
Kidney transplants 1-4, 15, 17, 97
Law Commission 16, 90, 91
Leukaemia 69
Live donation 3, 7, 139
Liver 1-3, 5, 13, 15, 19-21, 25-27, 30, 65, 77,
85, 99, 106, 107, 109, 131, 132, 139
Local Research Ethics Committees (LRECs)
85, 90, 118
Lung 3, 5, 14, 18-20, 33, 65, 67, 89, 99, 139
Malaria 79
MCP 29, 32, 136, 139
Medical Devices Directive 78
Medical Resarch <strong>Council</strong> i, 90, 91, 119, 120, 131,
133
Mentally incapacitated 90, 91, 119, 120
Methodist Church 80, 86, 98, 131, 133
Monitoring ix, x, 48, 54, 58, 61-64, 75, 78-81, 87,
89, 93, 97, 99, 104, 114, 117, 119,
121, 122
Mutation 60, 70, 76, 139, 140
National Kidney Federation 14, 104, 133
National Health Service (NHS) ii, v, x, 15, 87,
95-100, 106, 20, 121, 132
Norway 15
<strong>Nuffield</strong> <strong>Council</strong> on Bioethics: Human
Tissue : Ethical & Legal Issues 7, 56, 78, 114
Octopus 58
Organ donors 5, 14-16, 26, 32, 33, 54, 59, 61, 67,
71, 97, 103, 106
Organ failure 1, 107
Organ rejection iv, 1, 25, 26, 29, 35, 85, 90, 138, 139
Organ shortage 4, 5, 7, 13-16, 49, 51, 86, 92, 93,
97, 98, 102, 103, 107, 108, 112, 113, 121, 128
Pancreatic islet cells 5, 6, 21, 27, 136, 139, 140
Parkinson’s disease 5, 27, 36, 86, 110
Patents 55, 56, 114, 140
Pathogen ix, 67, 71, 77, 78, 117, 140, 141
Personhood iv, 39-42
Pig hearts ii, 6, 25-27, 33, 72, 105, 109
Pigs ii-v, viii, 6, 8, 20-22, 25-28, 32-37, 42,
44, 46-48, 50-57, 59-64, 67, 70-72, 75, 76, 78, 79,
83, 85, 86, 91, 96-98, 97, 102, 104, 105, 109, 110,
112-116, 120, 128, 135, 137, 138, 140
Pittsburgh 77
Pluralism 10, 91
Polkinghorne Comittee (MAFF) 53-55, 68, 86
130, 133
Primates ii-v, viii, 8, 11, 25-27, 30-34, 36, 37, 40-42,
46-52, 57, 59, 60, 67, 68, 70-72, 76-77, 109,
110, 112, 113, 115, 116, 127, 138
Principle of precaution v, 74, 75, 80, 116, 140
145