Islet Xeno/transplantation and the risk of contagion
Local responses from Canada and Australia to an emerging global technoscience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8248703 |
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| Authors | Myra Cheng (0000-0001-5515-4945, University of Technology Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 12-12 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Life Sciences Society and Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2195-7819 • E-ISSN: 2195-7819 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s40504-015-0030-2 |
| PMID | 26497322 |
| OpenAlex | W2137674924 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 71 |
This paper situates the public debate over the use of living animal organs and tissue for human therapies within the history of experimental islet transplantation. Specifically, the paper compares and contrasts the Canadian and Australian responses on xenotransplantation to consider what lessons can be learnt about the regulation of a complex and controversial biotechnology. Sobbrio and Jorqui described public engagement on xenotransplantation in these countries as 'important forms of experimental democracy.' While Canada experimented with a novel nation-wide public consultation, Australia sought public input within the context of a national inquiry. In both instances, the outcome was a temporary moratorium on all forms of clinical xenotransplantation comparable to the policies adopted in some European countries. In addition, the Australian xenotransplantation ban coincided with a temporary global ban on experimental islet allotransplantation in 2007. Through historical and comparative research, this paper investigates how public controversies over organ and tissue transplantation can inform our understanding of the mediation of interspeciality and the regulation of a highly contested technoscience. It offers an alternative perspective on the xenotransplantation controversy by exploring the ways in which coinciding moratoriums on islet allograft and xenograft challenge, complicate and confound our assumptions regarding the relationships between human and animal, between routine surgery and clinical experimentation, between biomedical science and social science, and between disease risks and material contagion
Biology · Environmental ethics · Political science · Public consultation · Social science · Sociology · Technoscience · Xenotransplantation · Law · Medicine · Pluripotent Stem Cells Research · Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine · Xenotransplantation and immune response · Internal Medicine · Transplantation
Designs on Nature
Time and the structuring of ritual performance in the xenotransplantation debate
Engaging the public in the regulation of xenotransplantation
The Seductive Sirens of Medical Progress The Case of Xenotransplantation
The textures of globalization
Institutional policy learning and public consultation
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