FOR the first time, a human has been given a transplant of a pig’s heart. David Bennett, 57, had the operation in Baltimore, Maryland, on 7 January using a heart that had been genetically modified to boost the chances of acceptance in a human body.. In total, the animal had 10 genes modified. Four of those were inactivated, including one that causes an aggressive immune response and one that would otherwise cause the pig’s heart to continue growing after transplant into a human body.
To further increase the chances of acceptance, the donor pig had six human genes inserted into its genome and Bennett is taking immune-suppressing medications. As this story went to press, Bennett was coping well with the new heart, but hadn’t yet been taken off a heart-lung bypass machine supporting its function. His medical team toldthat the animal heart was doing most of the work and that, so far, the heart “looks normal”.
It is mile stone in history. Hope this man live long in good health. But I am worried about religious fanatics will kill him as every religions centring human heart as receiving and obeying God's order. This too rise questions about do animals have religion?
I wonder how much mileage these pig hearts provide, seeing as pigs live far less, I am wondering if the cells in a pig heart age much faster than those in a human one?
I wonder how much mileage these pig hearts give, seeing as pigs live far less I am wondering if the cells in pig bears age much faster than those in a human one?
Stop the op ScottMorrisonMP wants his heart back.
How humans can continue to evolve into even bigger assholes.
Very exciting new about a pig’s heart
If anyone gets a pig heart, I think the decent thing for him or her to do is to give up pork.
Shoring up the bacon supply as well...
Brings new meaning to the sentence 'your being a right pig right now'
Obvious layperson concerns that such developments might widen the openings for crossover diseases & viruses from genus 'sus scrofa domesticus linnaeus' into 'homo sapiens'. Also can we guarantee that any resulting 'genetic hybridization' of offspring will always be impossible?
How is the pig doing? GemmaTognini BradfieldThe pwafork
Brilliant gene editing
Ketamin could make the body forget the new organ and Litium makes it not reject it.Good news.
ersozersever Müslüman ülkede zinhar haram zindiklar... nakil bekleyen birine sormaya cüret edebilecek bir doktor varımdır ülkemizde veya kabul etmeyecek müslüman
DUDE, YES. 👏
DUDE, YES. 👏
Now do a human heart to save a pig
Let's hope it doesn't get rejected by the human body
When I was in middle school I was told that we were going to grow clones of our specific hearts in pigs and that they would t be rejected.
They put a cauliflower in the PM's head years ago and no one noticed.
Was he really ineligible for a normal heart transplant ?
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