ABSTRACT
In previous chapters we saw that the "organ gap" is most feasibly solved with xenografts, subject to an assessment of the public's willingness to accept xenotransplantation. From a scientific perspective, the possibility of xenogeneic disease is the most formidable risk to public acceptance of xenotransplantation. Chapter III showed that managing this risk would require extensions of standard public health measures, including a comprehensive surveillance program of the xenorecipient and of those with whom they might have infectious contact. Indeed, such measures are already in the process of being implemented in the United Kingdom and the United States. It is the objective of this chapter, however, to assess whether there are other types of harm caused by xenotransplantation that could impede its development. These other types of harm are non-scientific in nature, being grounded in "social concerns" for animal well-being or humananimal chimerism.
