[News] Interspecies transplant reseach OKed

[Michaelangelica]

Australian scientists believe the policy change could lead to advances in the treatment of life-threatening conditions, such as diabetes, and kidney, heart and liver failure.

 

Professor Jeremy Chapman, President of The Transplantation Society (An international body based out of Canada) and Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney, comments:

 

“This is a very sensible and cautious approach to ensuring that Australia has a place in the developing field of xenotransplantation. The World Health Organisation and regulatory authorities around the world have defined the parameters for carefully controlled studies of transplants of cells and organs from animal origin, in the hope and expectation that they will be of substantial benefit in the future to people with serious diseases. This communique from the NHMRC provides clear guidance to researchers, to the regulatory authorities and to health care establishments and is welcomed."

Interspecies transplants OKed (Science Alert)