Public health concerns take center stage in Nuffield Council on Bioethics |
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Authors: | Jonathan S. Allan |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Virology and Immunology, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, P.O. Box 760549, 78245-0549 San Antonio, Texas, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Nonhuman primates represent an important reservoir for the transmission of new infectious diseases to humans. While several working groups and international agencies have grappled with the ethics of xenotransplantation, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics have recently published a comprehensive and far-reaching series of recommendations that, while not eliminating the infectious disease risks, have nonetheless detailed the major points for concern and have developed a rational approach to minimizing these risks. This report should serve as the blueprint from which to proceed with xenotransplantation. Dr. Allan’s research focuses on simian retroviruses, including simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIV). |
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