no doubt that many groups of people are for xenotransplantation. Among these groups are Jews, Muslims, scientists and families.
Many people would have thought that kosher Jews would be against any form of xenotransplantation most especially ones involving pigs. This is because there is a prohibition in their bible, the Torah, that pigs must not be eaten nor touched in Leviticus 11:7-8: "And the swine-although it has true hoofs, with the hoofs cleft through, it does not chew the cud: it is impure for you. You shall not eat of their flesh or touch their carcasses; they are impure for Me." A Torah commentator, Rashi, later stated that these prohibitions against touching and eating pigs only exists when Jews were on their way to Jerusalem to observe …show more content…
A basic teaching in Islam is that human life must be protected and preserved and that murder, massacre and grievance against one another must be prohibited. Muslim believers are constantly reminded by the Qur'an that humans are favoured, honoured and dignified above other creatures of Allah - "Nor take life, which Allah has made sacred-except for justice cause. And if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir authority (to demand qisas or to forgive) but let him not exceed bounds in the matter of taking life, for he is helped (by the law". (Qur'an, 17:33) This means that it is okay for a pig to be killed for human as human is viewed as the 'most important' creature to Allah.
It is no surprise that scientists will be for xenotransplantation as the research will help them explore new things that are not yet known to man. Through further research they may form a new way to cure any type of disease and even accomplish a higher status due to their impressive discoveries.
I personally agree more with the points of people that are for xenotransplantation. As stated earlier, xenotransplantation is a potential key to saving people's lives. Both Jews and Muslim abide by this as they value human life and would do anything to keep it and I agree with …show more content…
It definitely has the potential to cure the autoimmune condition of Type 1 diabetes. It also has the potential to cure and solve other problems in the medical field such as the small number of organ donors and Parkinson's disease and Alzheimers. Therefore Xenotransplantation is great as it fixes a whole range of problems. I, myself, am for xenotransplantation as it has greater positive impact than negative. I have a grandfather who lives with Type 1 Diabetes and it hugely affects his way of life. It restricts him from doing what he loves most: gardening, travelling, working and spending a lot of quality time with friends and family. Ever since he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes he has had to quit his job and had to settle for a 'stay at home' job. With this in mind xenotransplantation seems to be the ideal go-to cure. But before this becomes an actual cure to Type 1 diabetes and other major diseases I believe that further research needs to be done as I would want the whole process to be safe not only for my grandfather but for anyone facing Type 1 diabetes. Extra study and research must be carried out for possible rejections and diseases that may occur in the human body and to see the maximum time a pig's islet can be in the human body without complications. By keeping these ideas in mind and carrying out further research, I am sure that xenotransplantation can
Many people would have thought that kosher Jews would be against any form of xenotransplantation most especially ones involving pigs. This is because there is a prohibition in their bible, the Torah, that pigs must not be eaten nor touched in Leviticus 11:7-8: "And the swine-although it has true hoofs, with the hoofs cleft through, it does not chew the cud: it is impure for you. You shall not eat of their flesh or touch their carcasses; they are impure for Me." A Torah commentator, Rashi, later stated that these prohibitions against touching and eating pigs only exists when Jews were on their way to Jerusalem to observe …show more content…
A basic teaching in Islam is that human life must be protected and preserved and that murder, massacre and grievance against one another must be prohibited. Muslim believers are constantly reminded by the Qur'an that humans are favoured, honoured and dignified above other creatures of Allah - "Nor take life, which Allah has made sacred-except for justice cause. And if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir authority (to demand qisas or to forgive) but let him not exceed bounds in the matter of taking life, for he is helped (by the law". (Qur'an, 17:33) This means that it is okay for a pig to be killed for human as human is viewed as the 'most important' creature to Allah.
It is no surprise that scientists will be for xenotransplantation as the research will help them explore new things that are not yet known to man. Through further research they may form a new way to cure any type of disease and even accomplish a higher status due to their impressive discoveries.
I personally agree more with the points of people that are for xenotransplantation. As stated earlier, xenotransplantation is a potential key to saving people's lives. Both Jews and Muslim abide by this as they value human life and would do anything to keep it and I agree with …show more content…
It definitely has the potential to cure the autoimmune condition of Type 1 diabetes. It also has the potential to cure and solve other problems in the medical field such as the small number of organ donors and Parkinson's disease and Alzheimers. Therefore Xenotransplantation is great as it fixes a whole range of problems. I, myself, am for xenotransplantation as it has greater positive impact than negative. I have a grandfather who lives with Type 1 Diabetes and it hugely affects his way of life. It restricts him from doing what he loves most: gardening, travelling, working and spending a lot of quality time with friends and family. Ever since he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes he has had to quit his job and had to settle for a 'stay at home' job. With this in mind xenotransplantation seems to be the ideal go-to cure. But before this becomes an actual cure to Type 1 diabetes and other major diseases I believe that further research needs to be done as I would want the whole process to be safe not only for my grandfather but for anyone facing Type 1 diabetes. Extra study and research must be carried out for possible rejections and diseases that may occur in the human body and to see the maximum time a pig's islet can be in the human body without complications. By keeping these ideas in mind and carrying out further research, I am sure that xenotransplantation can