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Letter: Animal transplant

Published 1 May 2013

From S. J. Courtney

Your editorial asks whether patients or society would accept “humanised” animal organs for transplant (20 April, p 3). For my part, if extensive anti-rejection treatment was needed and the transplant was likely to give only a little extra quality of life, I might opt for a shorter life with a dignified death. If the technical issues could be resolved, then I would consider hosting a humanised heart, kidney or whatever.

Ford, Shropshire, UK

Issue no. 2915 published 4 May 2013

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