XENOTRANSPLANT INFORMED CONSENT APPLIES TO PATIENT CONTACTS -- PHS DRAFT GUIDELINES; TYPE AND DURATION OF PATIENT/ANIMAL TISSUE ARCHIVING ARE ISSUES
Executive Summary
Issues of informed consent in the field of xenotransplantation extend beyond the patient to the patient's "contacts," including health care workers and sexual partners, according to members of FDA's Biological Response Modifiers Advisory Committee who met July 13 to discuss public health issues relating to xenotransplantation.