Using current technology, physicians routinely take small skin samples from burn victims, expand the cells in tissue culture, and proceed to grow skin in sheets. These sheets are then transplanted to the burn site. Transplanting Animal Organs, Part A Cats occasionally require renal transplants to survive. Currently, the owners of pet cats needing kidneys are required to obtain a donor cat. If a home cannot be found for the donor cat following transplantation of one of its kidneys, then the life of the donor cat may be sacrificed in order to save the life of the cat needing the kidney.
Recipient cats require chemotherapy to prevent kidney rejection.
Take a position about kidney transplantation in cats. Justify your position using ethical principles and arguments. Post your thoughts as a reply to the appropriate subtopic. Transplanting Animal Organs, Part C A combination of two recent scientific breakthroughs now provides a unique opportunity for organ replacement. Mammal clones have been developed from cells of adult sheep.