Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus Transplantation Medicine - SD
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS)
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Transplantation medicine is considered a pacesetter for medical innovations. Aside from the development of highly complex surgical methods, interdisciplinary cooperation and close collaboration with basic medical research have always been necessary in order to master the challenges of transplantation medicine. Understanding the immune system as well as controlling tissue rejection through targeted medication were the prerequisites of our current ability to "routinely" perform transplants in the case of terminal organ failure. But beyond medical feasibility, transplantation medicine also has to wrestle with societal, ethical and legal problems. Questions related to distributive justice (utility principle versus urgency) or organ donation (e.g. presumed consent, organ donation after cerebral death, remunerated organ donation) require further transdisciplinary discussion in order to gain societal acceptance and legitimacy.
Within the CAS Research Focus, these questions will be discussed with a broad interdisciplinary audience as well as socially, ethically and legally contextualized. The aim of the research focus is to establish an interdisciplinary network at LMU.
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Transplantation medicine is considered a pacesetter for medical innovations. Aside from the development of highly complex surgical methods, interdisciplinary cooperation and close collaboration with basic medical research have always been necessary in order to master the challenges of transplantation medicine. Understanding the immune system as well as controlling tissue rejection through targeted medication were the prerequisites of our current ability to "routinely" perform transplants in the case of terminal organ failure. But beyond medical feasibility, transplantation medicine also has to wrestle with societal, ethical and legal problems. Questions related to distributive justice (utility principle versus urgency) or organ donation (e.g. presumed consent, organ donation after cerebral death, remunerated organ donation) require further transdisciplinary discussion in order to gain societal acceptance and legitimacy.
Within the CAS Research Focus, these questions will be discussed with a broad interdisciplinary audience as well as socially, ethically and legally contextualized. The aim of the research focus is to establish an interdisciplinary network at LMU.
Organ Transplantation and the Gap between Supply and Demand
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus Transplantation Medicine - SD
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12 years ago
Organ Transplantation and the Gap between Supply and Demand
While the advances in science and medicine have made organ transplantation a widely used and effective treatment option for various conditions, there is a significant gap between the high demand for organs and the limited supply of organ donations. Different countries and regions in the world have followed different strategies to close this gap: Spain, for example, has achieved the highest rates of organ donation by improving organization and introducing an opt-out model ("Widerspruchslösung"), the Scandinavian countries have focused on living organ donation, others have permitted organ donation after cardiac death in addition to donation after brain death. Experts from different countries will briefly present their experiences and join in a discussion with each other and the auditorium about the best way to close the gap of organ transplantation. | Center for Advanced Studies: 26.02.2013 | Speakers: Beatriz Dominguez-Gil, Bernadette Haase-Kromwijk, Thomas Mone, Per Frithjof Pfeffer | Moderation: Thomas Breidenbach, Ralf Jox
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus Transplantation Medicine - SD
Transplantation medicine is considered a pacesetter for medical innovations. Aside from the development of highly complex surgical methods, interdisciplinary cooperation and close collaboration with basic medical research have always been necessary in order to master the challenges of transplantation medicine. Understanding the immune system as well as controlling tissue rejection through targeted medication were the prerequisites of our current ability to "routinely" perform transplants in the case of terminal organ failure. But beyond medical feasibility, transplantation medicine also has to wrestle with societal, ethical and legal problems. Questions related to distributive justice (utility principle versus urgency) or organ donation (e.g. presumed consent, organ donation after cerebral death, remunerated organ donation) require further transdisciplinary discussion in order to gain societal acceptance and legitimacy.
Within the CAS Research Focus, these questions will be discussed with a broad interdisciplinary audience as well as socially, ethically and legally contextualized. The aim of the research focus is to establish an interdisciplinary network at LMU.
