Human-animal chimerical transplantation in tissue engineering experimentation: exploring the ethical issues

• Main Authors: Ahmad Radzi, Muhammad Aa’zamuddin, Hashi, Abdurezak Abdulahi, Zainuddin, Zainul Ibrahim, Abdul Rahman, Rozlin, Mohamad Sukri, Norhamiza, Md Nazir, Noorhidayah, Razali, Wan Ahmad Dzulkarnain, Sha'ban, Munirah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/49753/4/49753_-_Human-animal_chimerical_transplantation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49753/; http://www.iium.edu.my/icast/

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TERM) offers an alternative treatment modalities for damaged organs/tissues. Tapping cell-based therapy and autologous transplant approaches, this restorative technique aims at reconstructing human tissues/organs for transplantation. But, before it ca...