Xenotransplantation Ban Lifted

In December 2009, the NHMRC lifted Australia's five-year moratorium on xenotransplantation (animal-to-human transplants). The use of animal parts in humans carries serious animal welfare implications, requiring animals to be purpose-bred and killed in laboratories, as well as creating the potential for the spread of new retroviruses throughout Australia.

To read the article that appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, click here Xenotransplantation Ban Lifted