Statement From the Xenotransplantation Advisory Consultation, Geneva, 18-20 April 2005

Overview

Transplantation is the treatment of choice for many serious diseases but is severely restricted by the shortage of available human organs, tissues and cells. Xenotransplantation offers a potential solution. It is defined as the transplantation, implantation, or infusion into a human recipient of living xenogeneic cells, tissues or organs, and human bodily fluids, cells, tissues or organs that have had ex vivo contact with these living xenogeneic materials.