AR-News: (CH) Experts warn about trans-species transplants

[Animalconcerns]

Geneva - Global health experts have warned that pioneering research into
organ transplants from animals to humans must urgently be regulated to
prevent diseases jumping the species barrier in a similar manner to Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

The call is contained in policy proposals submitted by the World Health
Organisation (WHO) to its Executive Board, which started a one-week
meeting on Monday.

WHO officials said the experimental transplants were on the verge of going
ahead in some countries, but there was little regulation to keep track of
what is going on or to prevent the misuse of xenotransplantation or
animal-to-human transplants.

full story:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=117&art_id=qw1074503885691B236&set_id=1

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