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This paper explains the process of Xenotransplantation -- the process of transplanting organs across species. The paper offers reasons for supporting this process, with the main purpose being to save lives. The paper also includes a review of the opposition to Xenotransplantation. This paper offers the argument in support of animal-to-human organ transplant. Included are medical and scientific research facts which support the theory.

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"In human to human transplant situations, the main concern is blood-type (including Rhesus factor) matching. Except in bone-marrow transplants, where the genetic-matching is also necessary, there are concerns in animal to human transplants. First is the question of the human immune system. It is already problematic getting the immune system to accept an organ from another human. Patients must take medications so that the new organ will not be rejected, or less violently so, by their own immune systems. The risks involving an animal organ will be all the greater. Second, there is the question of to what extent an animal organ could function in a human body."

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