Xenotransplantation

Development and effects of medicine on society increased since the last century esp. when organ transplantation became successful. Consequently, a shortage of donor organs can be considered. One of the possibilities to solve the problem is the production of xenografts. Besides the scientific and legal problems, the using of xenografts raised a lot of ethical questions which are not so easily to solve. Socio-cultural aspects must be considered. The Volumes 1-4 were focused on the scientific, legal, economical end ethical aspects from an European point of view. Volume 5 discuss the ethical aspects of Xenotransplantation from the Asian cultural and ethical background (Korea,ROC (Taiwan)). All abstracts are written in English, German, Chinese, Korean and Thai with the aim to foster the collaboration and discussions about this very controversial topic among the community.