MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Uterus Transplantation, Face Transplant, Immunosuppression
5 Mar 2020
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Morally disruptive technologies: the ventilator as a technology established moral norms or ethical codes , this technology was morally disruptive. Evolution beyond the original technology: life saving, life improving, life enhancing, some examples, limbs, wombs, faces, heads, we know transplants save lives. Limb transplants modern miracle: what happened when they don"t save lives, but do these benefits outweigh the risks, very psychological, not uncommon. Controversial: the controversy occurs when the limb is not simply reattached, but is transplanted from one person to another, need to be given anti-injection medication, immunosuppressive therapy. Are they ethical: 9 women in sweden have had womb transplants, either born without a uterus or lost it to cancer, first successful transplant in sweden in 2014 (32 weeks, healthy 3. 9lbs) Us tries first uterus transplant: performed at cleveland clinic februrary, 2016, 26 years old received dead donor uterus, due to complications, had to be removed. Artificial womb: to help babies lungs get to full term.
