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csr gktoday magazine subscription Published this article page no 46 The Government of India enacted the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011 and the title was revised as Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act 1994. The rules were notified in 2014. This amendment introduced several important changes to the Act o This allows swapping of organs and widens the donor pool by including grandparents and grandchildren in the list. o The Act allows unrelated live donors by reason of affection or attachment towards recipient or for any other special reason with the approval of Authorization Committee. o The Act regulates the hospitals where removal storage or transplantation human organs are performed by constituting the Appropriate Authority assisted by an Advisory Committee. o The Act mandates the appointment of a transplant coordinator in every registered hospital. o The Act also directs for the setting up of a National Network for coordination of several registered hospitals and maintenance of a data bank of donors and prospective recipients. National Organ Transplant Programme Directorate General of Health Services is implementing National Organ Transplant Programme for carrying out the activities as per amendment Act training of manpower and promotion organ donation from deceased persons. 88 Challenges in Animal to Human transplantation Adequate study Experts suggest that it is important to study the transplants in humans. Pig hearts are anatomically similar to human hearts but not identical. It's not ideal compared to swapping in a human donor heart. Commercialisation Several companies are engineering pigs for solid organ transplants with different genetic modifications although none yet has medicalgrade facilities. There are concerns regarding the unknown longterm effects of genetic modification on the pig's health. o EGenesis in Cambridge is making pigs that cannot pass on retroviruses that are present in all pig genomes. o NZeno in Auckland is breeding miniature pigs whose kidneys remain humansized. Animal RightsPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has condemned pig heart transplant as ‘unethical dangerous and a tremendous waste of resources. They contest that animal have a right to live their lives without being genetically manipulated and bear trauma only to be killed for their organs harvested. 6.6. NEWS IN SHORTS csr gktoday magazine subscription buy.
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