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Japan plans pig kidney xenotransplant trials at hospitals in Sapporo and Kamakura
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260629/p2a/00m/0na/009000c
Discussion Questions
- Are you familiar with the concept of xenotransplantation? What do you think about it?
- Why do you think that scientists and researchers want to use animals to produce transplant organs for humans?
- What do you think are the dangers, either moral or medical, of using organs from other animals in humans?
- Do you believe that this type of medical technology will become more widely used and accepted in the future? Why or why not?
- Would you be willing to accept a transplanted organ from an animal, and not specifically a human? Why or why not?
