A recent advancement in the healthcare field has been xenotransplantation which is when an animal's cells, tissue, and organs are used in another living thing. Until recently Xenotransplantation has begun to be used on humans, raising the question as to whether or not this is an ethnically correct medical advancement.
Laura Purdy is a stakeholder in the issue with Xenotransplantation cause she is against the “using of animal materials” (Purdy.4). The use of xenotransplantation does “not justify animal suffering” (par.6) since most of the time the procedure requires the animal’s life to be taken away. Purdy feels that “once (people) understand the meat economy” (par.8) there won't be a need for a “sophisticated philosophical debate” (par.8) but change people's minds to form the same opinion. Allowing everyone to see how continuning down the path of testing every advancement on animal taking their lives and natural way of life. The advancement is leading people who are desperate “to consent to treatments that are unlikely to deliver any benefits” (par.13) without knowing the full extent of Xenotransplantation and its side effects. Causing the patient to begin “ suffering without any compensating benefit” (par.13) since there is no guaranteed outcome.
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This risk not only affects the organ receiver but also everyone that comes in contact with the recipient “creating new and dangerous diseases” (par.17). The main problem with Xenotransplantation is that they use pigs which “harbor a variety of other known and unknown bacteria and viruses” (par.18) transferring into human DNA. No good is going to come from using a foreign organ in a human’s body since most likely the “recipient's immune system is suppressed” causing the organ to “be