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k. The mother will not dictate who shall receive the foetal tissue taken
for transplantation.

l. Anonymity of donor and recipient will be maintained so that
neither party is aware of the identity of the other.

m. Intact embryos or foetuses will not be kept alive artificially for the
purpose of removing usable material.

n. Tissues from aborted foetus can be cultured and banked for use in
research on transplantation. If such stored tissue is to be
subsequently used for any purpose other than the original objective,
a fresh sanction of informed consent will be obtained from the
participant and approved by NERC.

12.4. Guideline on Xeno Transplantation

Paucity of organs from humans for transplantation into other humans
has led to search for other sources such as animals.

a. The animal experiments for treating human should only be
undertaken when there is accepted evidence of successful
results.

b. Use of animal tissue or such trials in human patients will
commence only on those patients when no other form of treatment
is available and in the absence of the transplant, the patient is
likely to suffer relentless deterioration in his/her health with fatal
termination but permission from GOB would be required.

c. The animal trials should be carried out only at Public academic
institutions having appropriate facilities needed for performing
such researches and permission of the ethical committee of the
institute and BMRC would be required.

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