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Xenotransplantation

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Xenotransplantation refers to the practice of taking organs, cells or tissue from one species and transplanting them to another species (usually a human being).

1. Animal-to-Human Transplants - Information about the procedures involved and the risk it may have for humans.
2. Campaign for Responsible Transplantation - An international coalition of physicians, scientists, and public interest groups opposing xenotransplantation because of the risk of transferring deadly animal viruses to the human population.
3. Diaries of Despair - On September 21 2000, Uncaged Campaigns and the British national paper Daily Express produced what they describe as "one of the most devastating exposés of animal experimentation ever to occur: the secret history of pig-to-primate organ transplants".
4. New Pig Virus Capable of Infecting Humans - Australian scientists sounded a new warning against cross-species transplants after two piggery workers were found to be infected with a previously unknown virus, which had caused stillbirths and brain and spinal cord defects in pigs.
5. Of Pigs, Primates, and Plagues - Critique of xenotransplantation.
6. Setback for Animal to Human Transplants (BBC) - Article about a moratorium, ordered by the Council of Europe, on clinical tests of animal organ transplants.
7. Xenotransplant News - Details of a petition filed by the Campaign for Responsible Transplantation.
8. Xenotransplantation - Includes a survey, list of people active in the field, publications and news.

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