Spanish medical students have a favourable attitude towards xenotransplantation. This willingness and interest could be a decisive platform for the development and strengthening of research, both for centres with a pre-clinical xenotransplantation programme and new healthcare centres.

Spanish medical students generally have a favourable attitude towards organ donation, although 20% are not in favour.

Sixty-seven percent of medical students know the concept of brain death, and knowledge improved as they advanced in their degree.

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