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COMMUNICATING ABOUT XENOTRANSPLANTATION
Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Ümit Güvenç, Baruch Fischhoff, Christopher M. Armstrong, and Denise Caruso
Xenotransplantation entails using organs from genetically modified animals as a way to solve the shortage of human organs for transplantation. As with other novel technologies, if xenotransplantation is to be judged fairly, proponents must explain its complex, uncertain, and unfamiliar risks and benefits. Xenotransplantation's risks include the possibility of a recombinant virus infecting human transplant recipients, potentially causing an epidemic of an unfamiliar disease. Using materials vetted by scientific experts, we communicated the variables and relationships determining this ...
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