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Xenotransplantation : international policy issues.

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

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114 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

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.

Series Statement

OECD proceedings

Uniform Title

OECD proceedings

Subject

Genre/Form

Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
New York (NY, 1998)

Note

"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 -- p. 3.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-114).

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.

ISBN

9789264170308
9264170308

LCCN

99510951

OCLC

ocm42890209
42890209
SCSB-795125

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library