Venture into the Transplant Unknown

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Venture into the Transplant Unknown

Washington Times (12/21/95) P. A18
Ambrose, Jay

The promise of last week's baboon bone marrow transplant into an AIDS patient is that scientists not only attempted to produce essentially a second immune system, but they also aspired to learn more about cross-species medicine, writes columnist Jay Ambrose in the Washington Times. A key risk involved is that baboons carry many viruses that are harmless to primates, yet are potentially dangerous to humans. Extreme caution has been exercised from the very beginning of this experiment, Ambrose notes. Still, Ambrose suggests that before further experimentation is allowed, the public should be involved in the procedures with a public discussion and perhaps even a major conference on the issue.

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