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The Pros And Cons Of Organ Transplantation

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The urge to discover new things has always lead to the process of research and has eventually lead to the development of the mankind and society as a whole. Research as the word suggest is made up of two words Re and Search. The process of rethinking and searching alternatives or new ideas is the main frame on which the research is based. Engineering is a field that has led to major development and inventions of things that have proved to be a boon to the humankind. The process of research involves certain ethics and standard rules to be followed in-order to do appropriate proper justice to the research work.
Research Ethics generally defines the way the researcher’s need to work and what guidelines they must follow to produce a great outcome …show more content…

Even though organ transplantation was greatest boon to medical science but it has given rise to many ethical issues. It has given rise to buying and selling of organs in one way it has also given rise to organ trafficking. For example, in case of Kidney Transplantation Paying people to donate their kidneys is one of the most contentious ethical issues being debated now. The most common arguments against this practice includes, Donor’s safety, Unfair appeal of financial incentives to the economically disadvantaged, turning the body into a money-making tool, wealthy people would be able to access more readily. …show more content…

Also, uterus transplantation is the first ephemeral organ transplant, or a transplant designed specifically for a short term, rather than the anticipated long-term nature of a transplanted liver or kidney.
The research project for uterus transplantations was started at Sahlengrenska Academy, the University of Gothenburg and the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in 1999. The aim of project was to provide women with the possibility of having biological children through transplanted uterus. [3] The experiments with mice started in 1999 and it took around six months already the team had developed a method whereby the surgery could be managed for both the donor and the recipient animal.
After the team, had shown that the uterus survived the transplantation, experiments were begun to attain pregnancy in a transplanted uterus in mice. In 2003 the team showed the first pregnancies with living offspring from mice. This was the first time in the world that pregnancies and normal offspring was achieved from any kind of uterus transplantation model.

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