Animal to human organ transplantations, also known as xenotransplantations, could be beneficial and help others in need of certain organs, regardless of their faith and beliefs, especially when their or their significant other’s life is on the line. Xenotransplantation has had controversy that has accumulated over many years; the biggest threat that xenotransplantation has to conquer is the body rejecting the foreign organ or contracting viruses and bacteria that could come from a cow, pig, or chimpanzee organ. If perfected, it could aid others with many benefits, but there is still a long road ahead for that dream to come true.
Their study of xenotransplantation is a relatively new concept that dates back to the 17th century with blood …show more content…
If doctors are able to patent and hone the study of xenotransplantation, they can help those with diabetes, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s cancer, injuries to the spinal cord or other limbs, and can help the people who need the organs immediately (“XENOTRANSPLANTATION: The Benefits and Risks of Special Organ Transplantation”). In addition, it can also be a psychological help to others who do not want a dying human’s organ in their body. The transplant of animal organs into the human body can be cost efficient and can help annul emotional burdens with long wait times for available organ donors for a scheduled transplant (Ravelingien). Xenotransplantation could be the future of organ donations relieving the shortage of human organs and save many people’s lives …show more content…
Jean-Baptiste Denis transfused blood from animals to humans, and the results were mixed, and to decrease the risk of transferring viruses and infectious agents by using pigs as the source of blood cells. This study was eventually banned in France and was researched again by other groups in the future (Cooper). Serge Voronoff was interested in reversing the symptoms of aging in elderly men who lost their ‘zest for life.’ He helped these men by giving inserting the testicle of a chimpanzee or baboon into the man’s testicle. Hundreds of these procedures were performed, but none of these surgeries had any real benefit; however, the elderly men who participated in the surgery commented that they had more energy after the operation, complications after the procedure was rare (Cooper). In the 1960’s, Keith Reemtsma believed that primate kidneys were able to function if a human were qualified for renal failure. Kidney organs from humans were scarce and dialysis was not invented yet. He preferred the use of a chimpanzee kidney because of its similar evolutionary relationship to humans; he executed 13 transplants, most of these transplants failed in between 4 to 8 weeks either from rejection or infectious complications. However, one patient lived for 9 months healthily but suddenly died from acute electrolyte disturbance (Cooper). The many different kinds of xenotransplantation can be dangerous,
Their study of xenotransplantation is a relatively new concept that dates back to the 17th century with blood …show more content…
If doctors are able to patent and hone the study of xenotransplantation, they can help those with diabetes, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s cancer, injuries to the spinal cord or other limbs, and can help the people who need the organs immediately (“XENOTRANSPLANTATION: The Benefits and Risks of Special Organ Transplantation”). In addition, it can also be a psychological help to others who do not want a dying human’s organ in their body. The transplant of animal organs into the human body can be cost efficient and can help annul emotional burdens with long wait times for available organ donors for a scheduled transplant (Ravelingien). Xenotransplantation could be the future of organ donations relieving the shortage of human organs and save many people’s lives …show more content…
Jean-Baptiste Denis transfused blood from animals to humans, and the results were mixed, and to decrease the risk of transferring viruses and infectious agents by using pigs as the source of blood cells. This study was eventually banned in France and was researched again by other groups in the future (Cooper). Serge Voronoff was interested in reversing the symptoms of aging in elderly men who lost their ‘zest for life.’ He helped these men by giving inserting the testicle of a chimpanzee or baboon into the man’s testicle. Hundreds of these procedures were performed, but none of these surgeries had any real benefit; however, the elderly men who participated in the surgery commented that they had more energy after the operation, complications after the procedure was rare (Cooper). In the 1960’s, Keith Reemtsma believed that primate kidneys were able to function if a human were qualified for renal failure. Kidney organs from humans were scarce and dialysis was not invented yet. He preferred the use of a chimpanzee kidney because of its similar evolutionary relationship to humans; he executed 13 transplants, most of these transplants failed in between 4 to 8 weeks either from rejection or infectious complications. However, one patient lived for 9 months healthily but suddenly died from acute electrolyte disturbance (Cooper). The many different kinds of xenotransplantation can be dangerous,