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Using non-human primates to benefit humans: research and organ transplantation

Shaw, David ; Dondorp, Wybo ; de Wert, Guido

In: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2014, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 573-578

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    Titre
    • Using non-human primates to benefit humans: research and organ transplantation
    Auteur
    • Shaw, David. Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Dondorp, Wybo. Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • de Wert, Guido. Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2014, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 573-578. Springer Netherlands
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:324742
    Summary
    Emerging biotechnology may soon allow the creation of genetically human organs inside animals, with non-human primates (henceforth simply "primates”) and pigs being the best candidate species. This prospect raises the question of whether creating organs in primates in order to then transplant them into humans would be more (or less) acceptable than using them for research. In this paper, we examine the validity of the purported moral distinction between primates and other animals, and analyze the ethical acceptability of using primates to create organs for human use.