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Animal-to-Human Transplants Description: Information about the procedures involved and the risk it may have for humans. (heureka.clara.net) |
Campaign for Responsible Transplantation Description: An international coalition of physicians, scientists, and public interest groups opposing xenotransplantation because of the risk of transferring deadly animal viruses to the human population. (crt-online.org) |
Diaries of Despair Description: On September 21 2000, Uncaged Campaigns and the British national paper Daily Express produced what they describe as "one of the most devastating exposes of animal experimentation ever to occur: the secret history of pig-to-primate organ transplants". (xenodiaries.org) |
New Pig Virus Capable of Infecting Humans Description: Australian scientists sounded a new warning against cross-species transplants after two piggery workers were found to be infected with a previously unknown virus, which had caused stillbirths and brain and spinal cord defects in pigs. (linkny.com) |
Of Pigs, Primates, and Plagues Description: Critique of xenotransplantation. (mrmcmed.org) |
Oink if You Are For Organ Transplantation Description: Article by Javier Burgo which condemns the practice of xenotransplantation. (davidicke.net) |
Setback for Animal to Human Transplants (BBC) Description: Article about a moratorium, ordered by the Council of Europe, on clinical tests of animal organ transplants. (news.bbc.co.uk) |
Xenotransplant News Description: Details of a petition filed by the Campaign for Responsible Transplantation. (linkny.com) |
Xenotransplantation Description: Includes a survey, list of people active in the field, publications and news. (xenotransplant.ineu.org) |
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