Animal-to-Human Transplants: the Ethics of Xenotransplantation
Regulatory Developments
Council of Europe
In January 1999, the Council of Europe called for a moratorium on all xenotransplantation on humans, including in clinical trials.
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has not taken a position on the proposed moratorium. It has decided to set up a Working Party on xenotransplantation under the joint responsibility of the Steering Committee on Bioethics and the European Health Committee. The Working Party drafted an interim report on "The State of the Art in the field of Xenotransplantation" and is expected to produce final guidelines in 2002.
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Last Updated Wed, 23 June 2004