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Title Xenotransplantation : international policy issues
Published Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (114 pages) : illustrations
Series OECD proceedings
OECD proceedings.
Contents Summary of policy considerations from the NY'98 Workshop -- pt. I. Transplantation. 1. International transplantation issues: problems and needs. 2. Immunological hurdles for transplantation. 3. New approaches to induce tolerance -- pt. II. Xenotransplantation. 1. A historical perspective. 2. Pigs as organ donors. 3. Baboons as organ donors -- pt. III. International policy issues in xenotransplantation. 1. Handling the risk: the challenge of international surveillance. 2. International co-operation. 3. Lessons learned in gene therapy. 4. Industry involvement. 5. Economic aspects. 6. Socio-legal and ethical aspects -- Concluding considerations -- Annex I. Working Party on Xenografts (of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics): Summary of Recommendations -- Annex II. Article 152 of the Amsterdam Treaty (ex Article 129) -- Annex III. Recommendation of the Council of Europe -- Annex IV. Workshop on Transplantations, Including Xenotransplantations: Proposed Strategy for Developing Research into and Accessibility to these Technologies in Africa and the Third World -- Annex V. Joint OECD-New York Academy of Sciences Workshop Programme -- Annex VI. Steering and Expert Group for the Preparation of the OECD Workshop New York '98 -- References
Summary Of policy considerations from the NY'98 Workshop -- pt. I. Transplantation. 1. International transplantation issues: problems and needs. 2. Immunological hurdles for transplantation. 3. New approaches to induce tolerance -- pt. II. Xenotransplantation. 1. A historical perspective. 2. Pigs as organ donors. 3. Baboons as organ donors -- pt. III. International policy issues in xenotransplantation. 1. Handling the risk: the challenge of international surveillance. 2. International co-operation. 3. Lessons learned in gene therapy. 4. Industry involvement. 5. Economic aspects. 6. Socio-legal and ethical aspects -- Concluding considerations -- Annex I. Working Party on Xenografts (of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics): Summary of Recommendations -- Annex II. Article 152 of the Amsterdam Treaty (ex Article 129) -- Annex III. Recommendation of the Council of Europe -- Annex IV. Workshop on Transplantations, Including Xenotransplantations: Proposed Strategy for Developing Research into and Accessibility to these Technologies in Africa and the Third World -- Annex V. Joint OECD-New York Academy of Sciences Workshop Programme -- Annex VI. Steering and Expert Group for the Preparation of the OECD Workshop New York '98 -- References
Analysis Organ Transplants
Notes "A summary of topics, issues and policy considerations discussed at the joint OECD-New York Academy of Sciences Workshop on "International Issues in Transplantation Biotechnology, Including the Use of Non-human Cells, Tissues and Organs"--Page 3
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-114)
Subject Xenografts -- Government policy -- Congresses
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Government policy -- Congresses
Transplantation immunology -- Congresses
Xenografts.
Xenografts -- Government policy -- Congresses
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Government policy -- Congresses
Transplantation immunology -- Congresses
Transplantation, Heterologous
Public Policy
Xenografts
Transplantation immunology
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Government policy
Heterotransplantation
Kongress
Transplantatie.
Biotechnologie.
Internationale uitwisseling.
ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION.
BIOTECHNOLOGY.
MEDICAL ETHICS.
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
New York (NY, 1998)
Form Electronic book
Author Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
New York Academy of Sciences.
Workshop on International Issues in Transplantation Biotechnology, Including the Use of Non-human Cells, Tissues and Organs (1998 : New York, N.Y.)
ISBN 9789264172654
9264172653