RomeReports - Dangers in genetic research undertaken in Japan

According to the Nature magazine, Japan has authorized a new line of genetic research so animals can develop organs compatible with the human body. This would reduce the fateful search for donors. In order to do this, an embryo of an animal would have to be modified so it cannot develop a specific organ such as a pancreas.  By introducing a particular type of human cell into an embryo, the animal's organism will be used to produce a human pancreas. It can then be transplanted into a person in the future. However, before any experimentation there would have to be no ethical drawbacks. Two bioethicists discuss technical and ethical implications: PROF. ALBERTO CARRARA, Neuroethics Expert, Ateneo Regina Apostolorum, and PROF. ANTONIO G. SPAGNOLO, Università Cattolica Director of the Institute of Bioethics. Read the summary.