Diaries of Despair

FURTHER READING


Imutran/Novartis publications

1.    Transplantation Proceedings, 29, 899-900 (1997)
2. Transplantation Proceedings, 29, 3157-3158 (1997)
3. International Journal of Cardiology 62 Suppl. 1 (1997) (S37-S38)
4. Transplantation, Vol 64, 1383-1392, No.10, November 27, 1997
5. British Medical Bulletin 1997; 53 (No. 4): 904-920
6. J Heart Lung Transplant 1998;17:1201-7
7. Transplantation, 65, 1570-1577, No.12, June 27, 1998
8. Transplantation, 65, 1584-1590, No.12, June 27, 1998
9. Transplantation Proceedings, 30, 2465-2466, (1998)
10. Transplantation Proceedings, 30, 2467 (1998)
11. Transplantation Proceedings, 31, 958 (1999)
12. Transplantation Proceedings, 31, 961 (1999)
13. Transplantation, Vol 70 No 1, 15-21 (2000)
14. J Heart Lung Transplant 2000;19:224-229
15. Booklet (Xenotransplantation - how animal organs could save lives, Imutran, undated (probably circa 1995))
16. Promotional booklet ("Imutran", also circa 1995)
17. Briefing ("Xenotransplantation Briefing, An Update on Developments 28 April 1998, produced by Novartis/Imutran)
18. Letter (Imutran Press Office to Tim Gillet, Cambridge Evening News, 4 March 1999)
19. Media Release (Novartis, "Milestone Study in Development of Xenotransplantation", 19 August 1999)
20. Leaflet (Animal welfare - Xenotransplantation, Imutran, 1999 (distributed at House of Commons, December 1999))
21.    Briefing ("Xenotransplantation" by Novartis/Imutran, distributed e.g. at House of Commons December 1999)

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Media articles

22.    Magazine article ("The organ factory of the future?" New Scientist, 18 June 1994)
23. Newspaper article ("Surgeons are set to give pig hearts to humans", Today, September 13 1995)
24. Magazine article ("Pig heart transplant 'breakthrough' stirs debate over timing of trials", Nature, Vol 377, 21 September 1995, pp.185-186)
25. Magazine article ("Pig-to-human heart transplant slated to begin in 1996", Nature Medicine, Vol 1, Number 10, October 1995, p.987)
26. Magazine article ("Xenotransplantation at a crossroads: Prevention versus progress", Nature Medicine, Vol 2, No.1, January 1996)
27. Newspaper article ("From the Humble Pig, a New Shot at Life", International Herald Tribune, 6.1.96)
28. Newspaper article ("Novartis Picks Up Pace in Xenotransplant Race", Wall Street Journal, 10 Oct 1997)
29. Article/briefing ("Xenotransplantation", Nature, Vol 391, 22 January 1998)
30. Magazine article ("Affairs of the heart", Economist, 4/4/98)
31. Newspaper article ("The day of reckoning", The Herald, 31 July 1998, p.17)
32. Newspaper article ("The heart of the debate", Times Higher, 18/9/98, p.22)
33. Magazine article ("Let the People Speak", New Scientist, 22 May 1999)
34. Newspaper article ("Progress, or crimes against nature?", The Times, 8 September 1999)
35. Newspaper article ("Two thirds fear animal transplants to humans", Telegraph, 2 December 1999)
36. Newspaper article ("Captured in the wild...", Mail on Sunday, March 5, 2000, pp18-19)
37. Magazine article ("Don't keep secrets", New Scientist, 18 March 2000, p.3)
38. Newspaper article ("Demo-hit biotech company to quit city", Cambridge Evening News, Wednesday 27 September 2000)
39. Magazine article ("Pig organ firm goes stateside", New Scientist, 7 October 2000)
40. Newspaper article ("Frankenswine", Sunday Mail, November 26, 2000)
41. Magazine article ("One man's meat", The Ecologist, Vol 30, No9, Dec 2000/Jan 2001)
42. Magazine article ("Novartis To Pigs: Keep your Kidneys", Fortune, April 16, 2001)
43. Magazine article ("Waiting for a miracle: Time is running out for organ transplants from animals", New Scientist, 12 January 2002)

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Government statements and publications

44.    Written Answer ("Huntingdon Life Sciences", Hancock & Howarth, 27 October 1997)
45. Written Answer ("Xenotransplantation, Prentice & Hutton, 1/7/99)
46. Written Answer ("Baboons", Mike O'Brien, 16 March 2000)
47. Written Answer ("Animal Experiments", Baker & O'Brien, 6 April 2000)
48. Written Answer ("Xenotransplantation", Baker & O'Brien, 28 June 2000)
49. Written Answer (Gordon & O'Brien, 1 November 2000)
50. Correspondence between Mike O'Brien MP (Home Office Minister) and Dan Lyons (29 September 2000, 7 November 2000, 29 November 2000), discussing Home Office response to Diaries of Despair
51. Correspondence between Dan Lyons and Angela Eagle MP (Home Office Minister) (15 June 2001, 13 July 2001, 9 October 2001)
52. Guidance on the Operation of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
53. Guidance on the Conduct of Regulatory Toxicology and Safety Evaluation Studies
54. Note by Chief Inspector ("Cost/Benefit Assessment", 1997 Report of the APC, pp50-59)
55. Report by Chief Inspector (Imutran Ltd..., Home Office, 2001)

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Animal Procedures Committee

(See www.apc.gov.uk)

56.    Minutes of Meetings (Animal Procedures Committee: April 1999, October 1999, April 2000, February 2001, May 2001, September 2001 October 2001, December 2001)
57. Chairman's Introduction (from 1997 APC report, p.vii)
58. Consultation Paper on Openness and Animal Procedures (issued by APC, 13 January 2000)
59. Letter (From Prof Banner (APC Chair) to Dan Lyons, 20 March 2001)
60. Letter (From Richard West (APC) to Dan Lyons, 6 April 2001)
61. Letter (From Richard West (APC), 6 March 2001)
62. Correspondence between Prof Banner (11 January 2001 & 20 March 2001) and O'Brien (12 February 2001 & 10 April 2001)
63. Letter from Angela Eagle MP to Prof Banner, 14 December 2001
64. Reports for 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 by the Animal Procedures Committee

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Department of Health/UKXIRA

65.    UKXIRA 1st & 3rd Annual reports
66. Audio Tape of UKXIRA Open Meeting, December 2000.
67. Report ("Animal Tissue into Humans" - aka "The Kennedy Report", published January 1997, Department of Health)

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Other statements

68.    Press Releases (RSPCA, 21 September 2000, 10 October 2000 & 1 August 2001)

 

Cynomolgus monkey (macaca fascicularis)
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