Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector8153810.17816/kazmj81538MiscellaneousEditor's column. Vol. 78, No. 3 (1997)150619977832382383009202130092021Copyright © 1997, Eco-Vector1997<p>An article entitled "Britain cautious about the problems of animal-to-human organ transplants" was published in the English journal Nature. It outlines the fact that the UK has declared a temporary moratorium on xenotransplantation, i.e. the use of animal tissue in human transplants, due to uncertainties about its safety, including the danger of transferring viruses from animal to human.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив