Talk:Xenotransplantation
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xenotransplantation is a rather crude form of medicine dont you concur
"article edited and compiled by ashish paul d'costa" - originally part of the article, moved here by Tronno 02:20, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
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Not at all, it can saves human lives. There simply is not enough human organs out there. It is certainly no worst then the killing of pigs for food.Joey jojo 04:51, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Pig xenotransplant tramples upon Abrahamic religions
>patients have received pig heart valves so what....? i dont care This is religiously discriminating (jews muslims excluded). Considering that the majority of medical doctors are of jewish and palestinian origin, one must wonder who developed this method?
- patients who are against this practice can decline it's use on themselves. But saying that nobody should do it because jews and muslims are against it is trampling on every belief system that isn't jewish and islam. Pig transplants are used because these have the greatest success rates for compatibility in the human body. My daughter has a bovine xenograft on her pulmonary artery, she would likely not be alive today without it. I would say it is most certainly not not crude, and not something to be regarded as distasteful. Who could be expected to control which types of tissue will and won't be compatible with human tissue? Using pig tissue is not discrimination, it is coincidence. bcatt 12:40, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikification
I've broken the article into sections. I've left the {{wikify}} there since I feel that the first part should be broken up a little(I was unable to figure out a good way to break it up). A picture would be nice as well. BioTube 04:08, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
This entry desperately needs more facts, citations, and more neutral and informative external links and needs caveats to that effect until such a time as it is rectified.
[edit] Human to animal xenografts
I am primarily interested in human to animal xenografts. In cancer research, for example, it is common to grow human tumour cells in rodents. There is nothing on this on the article, and I would be willing to bet that this type of xenograft is far more common by any measure (numbers, volume of transplanted tissue) than animal to human xenografts.
64.42.209.81 17:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Statement
- Religious issues must be solved before xenotransplantation can become a regular operation. -
Who saids that? For example, contraceptives are recommended and contraceptives policies are enforced, yet the religious issues are definitively not resolved.
I would sign but i can't find the weird symbol Hey, i found it. BorisDelMas 22:43, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] History and Quackery
A lot of money has been made by quacks performing xenotransplants which supposedly could restore physical stamina and intellectual vigour. Several well documented cases are already documented in wikipedia. John R. Brinkley is one of the most notorious. GregInCanada 23:10, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] New Section
Should this article mention a sci-fi horror book called "Ancestor," or is it not worth the effort? I only bring this up because the process of xenotransplantation is heavily featured in the plot. --64.131.47.218 18:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Slaughterhouse?
> The tissue is harvested from agricultural animals that were already being butchered, which is less offensive to most people than the idea of raising a primate solely as an organ donor.
Wouldn't extraction of organs of animals at slaughterhouses, be somewhat un-hygienic? How about preservation of the organs? Delivery to patience? In addition, without genetic modification, said tissue would most likely be rejected, wouldn't it?
And if they WERE genetically modified, I don't think all that effort would be sent into common meat farm cows...wouldn't they be special created cows made 'solely as an organ donor'?
[edit] Clones
Isn't this why we need to further stem cell research in the first place? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.128.232.227 (talk) 07:33, August 23, 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 04:34, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Inappropriate usage of genetic code
In its present form this article makes a very bad usage of the term genetic code. The genetic codes of humans, monkeys, rats and many other very distantly related living organisms are all absolutely identical. What the well intentioned editors wanted to mean instead of genetic code was probably genome. Please correct if I am right, and please explain if I am wrong. -- Sophos II (talk) 23:31, 5 February 2008 (UTC) nick makay is the cutest man to walk this earth.
