01-14-2022, 04:40 PM
The fact that they had a pig's heart ready to use confirms that they are already "farming" pigs for transplants.
I don't like the idea. It is definitely a road we shouldn't go down.
Transplant patients require a lot of immunosuppression even with a well matched organ from a human donor.
So transplantation itself is not the final answer. We need to follow a different line of research. We need to learn how to grow organs from the patient's own tissue or we need to find a way to regenerate damaged organs. There are species that can regenerate any part of their body. That means it can be done. There must be something in their bodies that triggers the regeneration. If we can figure it out, we can restore a human organ without a lot of complicated organ rejection problems.
https://www.eurostemcell.org/regeneratio...es-it-work
The axolotl (a type of salamander) can regenerate anything. I know someone with axolotls and I have seen them regrow their gills or any other part that gets damaged. Once regrown life goes on as usual.
This is rather technical, but it confirms that work is being done on organ regeneration.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/1...sob.190010
Using a genetically modified pig's heart for transplant takes us further from a lasting solution for organ failure.
I don't like the idea. It is definitely a road we shouldn't go down.
Transplant patients require a lot of immunosuppression even with a well matched organ from a human donor.
So transplantation itself is not the final answer. We need to follow a different line of research. We need to learn how to grow organs from the patient's own tissue or we need to find a way to regenerate damaged organs. There are species that can regenerate any part of their body. That means it can be done. There must be something in their bodies that triggers the regeneration. If we can figure it out, we can restore a human organ without a lot of complicated organ rejection problems.
https://www.eurostemcell.org/regeneratio...es-it-work
The axolotl (a type of salamander) can regenerate anything. I know someone with axolotls and I have seen them regrow their gills or any other part that gets damaged. Once regrown life goes on as usual.
This is rather technical, but it confirms that work is being done on organ regeneration.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/1...sob.190010
Using a genetically modified pig's heart for transplant takes us further from a lasting solution for organ failure.
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