Abstract
minimizing the potential threat to the public health. In addition, a number of federal agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and Health Resources Services Administration, and a number of professional societies are interested in a study of the issues raised by xenotransplantation. The IOM workshop will be held on June 25 to 27, 1995. The success of transplantation in treating life-threatening organ failure has exceeded the supply of human organs, despite concerted efforts by many organizations to recruit donors. The need to turn to nonhuman animals for organs raises a host of complex ethical, social, and scientific issues that must be considered by all those contemplating working in this difficult area. Many of these issues are dealt with in this first edition of ILAR Journal and will be further addressed by the IOM workshop. Clearly, with issues as complicated as these, there will be ongoing discussion for a number of years.
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