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LINK US Surgeons Transplant Modified Pig Heart Into Human

Hopefully this patient survives. This could be a game changer for transplant patients. Years ago a baboon heart was transplanted into a human. The patient did well until the heart was rejected. Science moves on.

barjoe 9 Jan 11
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Breeding pigs for human transplants is, in my humble opinion, no different than breeding them for for consumption. It could make it easier for human transplants to occur in a shorter period of time.

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Well, the donor died. 😉

I mourn every time I eat a hoagie.

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