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Uncertainty in xenotransplantation: Individual benefit versus collective risk

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Xenotransplantation continues to present daunting scientific hurdles but there is now a genuine prospect for clinical application. There are also significant and unknown risks. We call for a moratorium on all human xenotransplantation and offer a strategy for balancing the ethical, medical, scientific and societal demands of xenotransplantation prior to human clinical trials.

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  1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 99 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    F.H. Bach, L. Forrow & S.C. Robson

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School,

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  3. Department of Philosophy, Tufts University,

    N. Daniels

  4. Harvard School of Public Health,

    J. Proimos, B. Anderson & H.V. Fineberg

  5. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,

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