Xenotransplantation and Human Rights
| Autor: | Paola Sobbrio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Precautionary principle
medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study Human rights media_common.quotation_subject Xenotransplantation medicine.medical_treatment Population Fundamental rights Organ transplantation Informed consent Long term monitoring medicine Business education media_common Law and economics |
| Zdroj: | Biotech Innovations and Fundamental Rights ISBN: 9788847020313 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-88-470-2032-0_16 |
| Popis: | The research on xenotransplant, i.e., the organ transplant from animals to humans, is a new frontier where biotech innovation and human rights meet and clash at the same time. The research on XT may lead to important advancements in this sector. Nevertheless, it is necessary to investigate which costs the patient waiting for transplant should bear and what risks for the overall population may arise from XT. The informed consent, in this case, is extremely broad since it involves a long term monitoring of the patient and it requires the patient to withdraw to some of its fundamental rights. This is the result of the uncertainty on the consequences of this tecnique. For example, some pigs-retroviruses (Pervs) may find their way to affect humans. The degree of uncertainty is very high in this type of research and the precautionary principle has been dismissed during the past 10 years even by Institutions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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