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Xenotransplantation

            
             Xenotransplantation is the process in which one transplants organs from one species to the other. This process was used many times throughout medical history to satisfy scientist hunger for the answer to new life. Many people died because of this hunger for new life. Xenotransplantation is an issue that touches upon the most ethical issues. When discussing the topic of using animals for spare parts, humans should be considerate of the animal race. How do we know this process really works?.
             Throughout the years, doctors have experimented by trying to add different organs of animals into humans to see how they performed. At the end of each Xenotransplantation they found out that this process only worked temporarily until a human organ could be found for the patient. How could you take a heart or liver out of an animal and put it in your own body? This seems immoral to a lot of people. But this procedure has been preformed many times.
             The ways in which some of these experiments were performed would be undoubtedly disturbing to the majority of human kind. There was a case in 1984 were a baby named Baby Fae was diagnosed at birth with hypoplastic left heart syndrome [17]. Not knowing but by curiosity, Dr. Leonard Bailey of Loma Linda Medical Center transplanted a baboon's heart into the baby only to find out that this operation would not successful. Baby Fae died after the procedure. Steven Gould stated "I believe that Bailey performed an indefensibly improper experiment from the standpoint of evolutionary homology through conceptual error, Baby Fae was not given her best chance" [18]. There has to be a better way to save lives.
             There are many other alternatives for transplanting parts into humans to ensure their survival. Scientists are currently investigating the possibilities with synthetic organs. Using synthetic organs would prevent the use of animal parts into the human body. If successful, the use of synthetic organs could save more lives.


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2. Ethics of Xenotransplantation

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4. Xenotransplants-Con

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8. The Modern Miracle

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