German church warms to xenotransplantation
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The progress made by certain US and Scottish biotechnology firms in the field of xenotransplantation has caused this contentious issue to flare up in Germany once again. The German church has once again be caught up in debate and its two largest administrative and ethical bodies are keen to stress that, in principle, it is not opposed to xenotransplantation.