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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Limited availability of therapeutic substances of human origin

Limited availability of therapeutic substances of human origin

Nature

Therapeutic substances of human origin are by their very nature the result of an act of the human donor and therefore not available in unlimited quantities. Therapeutic substances of human origin include human blood and its derivatives, as well as various human organs.

Broader

Insufficient medical supplies
Presentable
Limited availability of health resources
Yet to rate

Narrower

Lack of human organs for transplantation
Presentable
Inadequate emergency blood supplies
Presentable

Aggravates

Cloning of human cells
Presentable
Irresponsible transspecies organ transplantation
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Excessive replacement surgery
Unpresentable

Reduced by

Recycling human placental tissue
Unpresentable

Related

Artificial insemination
Excellent

Strategy

Limiting availability of therapeutic substances of human origin
Yet to rate
Increasing availability of therapeutic substances of human origin
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Value

Unavailability
Yet to rate
Rights
Yet to rate
Limitedness
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Inhumanity
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Availability
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Industry » Human body products
  • Health care » Therapy
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    F6751
    DOCID
    11667510
    D7NID
    143936
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024