https://freerepublic.com/tag/xenotransplant/ en-us Mon, 9 May 2005 02:04:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1399254/posts If xenotransplantation - animal-to-human transplantation - were to offer a person with Type one diabetes a life without insulin dependency - would that make it OK? This is a proposition people with diabetes are being encouraged to consider by Toi te Taiao: the Bioethics Council and Martin Wilkinson, chair of the Council's xenotransplantation working group, who is a key-note speaker at this weekend's annual Diabetes New Zealand Conference. "People with Diabetes will understand, perhaps better than anyone, the pros and cons of xenotransplantation because it has the potential to affect them personally. There are in fact several xenotransplantation procedures but... Scoop Independent News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1399254/posts#comment Mon, 9 May 2005 02:04:03 GMT