Introduction: Xenotransplants is the donating of living organs from two different species, especially monkeys and pigs to humans. Although xenotransplant is relatively recent, the idea and concept of if it dates back to the early 1900’s. The word “xenotransplant” comes from Greek. “Xeno” meaning stranger or foreigner and transplant comes from English. A transplant is replacing or adding an organ from another human. All together it means a transplant from a different species. A graft …showed first 75 words of 1219 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1219 total…expensive research is needed to perfect the “germ-free” pig. Just testing a pig for bacteria would cost from 25,000 to 100,000 dollars. Based upon these estimates, xenotransplantation is not cost-effective. Novartis, a major company researching Xenotransplanting has already spent 1 billion dollars. This company is greatly denounced and criticized by CRT. Sandoz Alexion, president of Novartis said, “The unrecognized potential of xenotransplant is so obvious”. By the year 2011, Novartis say they’ll have an annual profit of $6 billion.