Creating human organs in chimaera pigs: an ethical source of immunocompatible organs?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Creating human organs in chimaera pigs

T2 - an ethical source of immunocompatible organs?

AU - Shaw, David

AU - Dondorp, Wybo

AU - Geijsen, Niels

AU - de Wert, Guido

N1 - Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.

PY - 2014/11/5

Y1 - 2014/11/5

N2 - New techniques in regenerative medicine may soon enable the creation of human organs inside animals using induced pluripotent stem cells. This technology has the potential to solve the organ scarcity problem by providing a limitless source of personalised organs for transplantation, but also raises several ethical issues, particularly concerning animal welfare, the 'human features' problem and human dignity.

AB - New techniques in regenerative medicine may soon enable the creation of human organs inside animals using induced pluripotent stem cells. This technology has the potential to solve the organ scarcity problem by providing a limitless source of personalised organs for transplantation, but also raises several ethical issues, particularly concerning animal welfare, the 'human features' problem and human dignity.

U2 - 10.1136/medethics-2014-102224

DO - 10.1136/medethics-2014-102224

M3 - Article

C2 - 25378549

SN - 0306-6800

JO - Journal of Medical Ethics

JF - Journal of Medical Ethics

ER -