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ArticleXenotransplantation2022

The attitudes of religious group leaders towards xenotransplantation: A focus group study.

Daniel J Hurst, Luz A Padilla, David Kc Cooper, Wendy Walters, Wayne Paris

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Article in Xenotransplantation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cardiac Xenotransplantation: A Narrative Review.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024
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  4. Clinical Translation of Bio-Artificial Pancreas Therapies: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Interdisciplinary Considerations and Key Recommendations.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel J HurstDepartment of Family Medicine, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey, USA.
Luz A PadillaDepartment of Epidemiology and Surgery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4032-044X
David Kc CooperCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8899-9431
Wendy WaltersClinical Ethics Program, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Wayne ParisDepartment of Social Work, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USAbilene Christian University · USHarvard University · USRowan University · US

Funding

Prolonging life-supported pig kidney and heart graft survival in baboons by suppressing inflammationU19AI090959 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI COOPER, DAVID KC · 2010 to 2024
$26.3M
Training In Cardiovascular Physiology & PharmacologyT32HL007444 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Ju Chen, Robert Scott Ross · 1985 to 2026
$11.1M
UCSD PRIDE Faculty Development Program in Cardiovascular SciencesR25HL145817 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Robert Scott Ross, Joann Trejo · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL145817NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007444NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI090959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical trials of xenotransplantation (XTx) may start in coming years. Religious views have been mentioned as possible barriers to XTx acceptance. While there have been reports on perspectives of theologians in regard to XTx, no report has studied the perspectives of community religious leaders. A focus group was conducted with a sample of members of the following faith groups: Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism. Qualitative content analysis was performed to identify interpretive themes. Four themes emerged. Participants were receptive to the idea of XTx and expressed no religious barriers to accepting a pig xenograft as a lifesaving therapy but did express certain concerns. Religious leaders accept the idea of XTx and do not see it as contradictory to their beliefs. However, some concerns were raised. Future studies addressing these concerns and exploring the potential role of religious leaders in educating the community on XTx are needed.

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AttitudeIslamAnimalsFocus GroupsHumansSwineTransplantation, Heterologousethics, moral perspectivesreligion, spiritualitytheologytransplantation

Identifiers

PMID36069244
PMCPMC10124762
OpenAlexW4294867983

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