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Xenotransplantation
The following contributions by myself are entirely additions. Edits to existing article content will come later after I've reviewed more sources. Palpatitus (talk) 12:49, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

History
With the success of allografts in the 1960s, demand began to seriously exceed supply, pushing researchers to again consider non-human donors. At the same time, criticisms of xenotransplantation pointed out that risky xenografts were an unusual, dangerous, and unnecessary path to take, as allografting was safer and more reliable. Paradoxically, the demand for allografts increased interest in xenografts, while simultaneously proving them undesirable. Palpatitus (talk) 23:11, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

History of Xenotransplantation in Ethics
With the Baby Fae incident of 1984 as the impetus, animal rights activists began to protest, gathering media attention and proving that some people felt that it was unethical and a violation of the animal's own rights to use it's organs to preserve a sick human's life. Treating animals as mere tools for the slaughter on demand by human will would lead to a world they would not prefer. Supporters of the transplant pushed back, claiming that saving a human life justifies the sacrifice of an animal one. Most animal rights activists found the use of primate organs more reprehensible than those of, for example, pigs. Palpatitus (talk) 23:23, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Ethic and Morality in Xenotransplantation
In the 1960s, many organs came from the chimpanzees, and were transferred into people that were deathly ill, and in turn, they did not live much longer afterwards. This brings up the thought of ethicality of using humans and animals as subjects. The scientists that behind these works have a desire to help those that are in pain to alleviate those that are suffering. The application of the four bioethics principal is found to be everywhere because it is now standardized in the moral conducts of a laboratory. The four principles emphasize on the informed consent, the Hippocratic Oath to do no harm, apply one's skill to help others, and protecting the rights of others to quality care. Khyhvc (talk) 04:43, 15 March 2021 (UTC)