Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 198 : The Ethics of Pig to Human Organ Transplants

Remarkable advancements have been made in "neutering" pig organs so they no longer provoke a powerful immune response in humans, and striking progress has been made in extending survival times for xenografts…

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationDecember 30, 2021Animal-Human Hybrids and Chimeras, Organ Donation, Genetics and Genome Editing

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 128: Human Organs from Pigs — Is It Kosher?

...significant technical and ethical hurdles remain before growing organs in pigs is likely to be feasible. The science is still in its infancy, and researchers have yet to figure out how to make human cells co-exist in a stable fashion with animal tissues.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationFebruary 29, 2016Animal-Human Hybrids and Chimeras

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 036: Half Human, Half Animal?

…only the most cursory ethical reflection is needed to grasp the moral problem with creating human offspring in laboratories, using an admixture of cow components, in order to scientifically cannibalize them.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJune 30, 2008Stem Cell Research, Animal-Human Hybrids and Chimeras, Cloning, Embryos, Parenting

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