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Xenotransplantation and risk : regulating a developing biotechnology /

"Some developing biotechnologies challenge accepted legal and ethical norms because of the risks they pose. Xenotransplantation (cross-species transplantation) may prolong life but may also harm the xeno-recipient and the public due to its potential to transmit infectious diseases. These trans-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fovargue, Sara
Format: Printed Book
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Cambridge law, medicine and ethics
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing the issues
  • Dealing with risk
  • Regulating experimental procedures and medical research
  • Regulatory responses to developing biotechnologies
  • Challenges to legal and ethical norms : first party consent and third parties at risk
  • Surveillance and monitoring : balancing public health and individual freedom
  • Summary and concluding thoughts : looking to the future.