US EditionCatholics may receive organ transplants from animals, Vatican says
The Vatican's 88-page ethical guidelines permit xenotransplantation for Catholics under strict medical safeguards and animal cruelty protections, reflecting advances since 2001.
- The Vatican said Catholics can receive transplants of animal tissues to address medical conditions, as procedures involving genetically modified pig or cow organs continue to advance.
- The Church has no objection to such treatments, provided they follow best medical practices and do not treat animals with cruelty.
- The document called on scientists to pursue animal transplants in a manner that is "purposeful, proportionate and sustainable" and on doctors to disclose the risks.
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On Tuesday, the Vatican Academy for Life published the document "Perspectivas de los xenetrosplantes (transplants of organs from animals to humans).Scientific aspects and ethical considerations", in which it states that the "prudent" clinical application of this type of transplant is "morally and ethically defensible". "It is evident that we are at a very early stage of clinical xenosplantation. In fact, the clinical transplantation of animals t…
Catholics may receive organs from animals, Vatican says
The Vatican said on Tuesday that Catholics could receive transplants of animal tissues to address medical conditions, as procedures involving genetically modified pig or cow organs continue to advance.
The Vatican has announced that Catholic patients may receive organ transplants and animal tissues such as treatment of infections that require such intervention in the context of genetically modified organs from pigs or...
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