“If this works, there will be an endless supply of these organs for patients who are suffering,” said Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, scientific director of the university’s animal-to-human transplant program.
The difference this time: The Maryland surgeons used a heart from a pig that had undergone gene-editing to remove a sugar in its cells that’s responsible for that hyper-fast organ rejection. Still, Klassen cautioned that it’s only a first tentative step into exploring whether this time around, xenotransplantation might finally work.
Just last September, researchers in New York performed an experiment suggesting these kinds of pigs might offer promise for animal-to-human transplants. Doctors temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a deceased human body and watched it begin to work.
RichieWills10 they clearly haven’t heard about Denty
This could save many lives
Why did they choose a pig? Is it similar to a human heart? And does it last as long as the human heart?
MbuyiseniNdlozi Hamba hagwana...
this is a REAL eye-opener. i cant imagine what the person receiving the transplant must be going through... probably wasn't expecting to wake up. cant begin to imagine how scary thatd be
That's y don't eat this human .
What?
Oinker of a Lonely Heart
a quick question Would a vegan turn down the chance to save their life if they knew their replacement heart came from a pig?
Extraordinary!
...was there a lack of human ones?
Poor pigs hereinafter!
If someone calls him a pig as an insult, he can reply, '2 percent'
Doctor to patient on day 4: 'Open your mouth and say, 'Oink.'
Half human/half pig will have the rights to sue the hospital for proceeding with such experiment without his consent?
Wow
Now go home and eat slop three times per day.
'... hospital says the patient is doing well three ...' What about the Pig? selfish animalrights humansupremacist 👎👎👎👎👎👎
I wonder which cop it came from
I just wouldn't want it. Nope I'm good!
I'm being sarcastic but could you imagine the horror on a Muslim patient's face to know finding out they have a swine (pig) heart pumping blood through their body.
Incredible! Instead of posting juvenile desperate for attention jokes like most children here, I'm celebrating the fact that someone's life was saved and I'm sending positive vibes he continues to live a healthy and happy life. Wow, I'm shocked with this modern medical miracle!
Not according to the surgeon who openly admitted he had no idea how long the patient would have survived without surgery.
.That’s great news. I guess when they closed him up they used some spare ribs. If he didn’t make it someone in that joint could have been in for the chop. Shout out to the surgeon. Well done sausage for saving his bacon.🥓 BBCNews BBCWorld SkyNews CNN
Hope he doesn’t start grunting😜
Mike_BHawks37
DrOz Couldn't resist.... Kramer Seinfeld Pigman Halfmanhalfpig
So TFG is whole again.
This patient also became the first recipient of a donor organ who can then eat the donor for breakfast.
Why am I not applauding placing an animals heart into a human?
Johnson got the pigs head.
Do they say if any pig(s) was harmed in the process?
wati___ Ehh
moll47906101
No endless supply in CA. As of Jan. 1, in CA pigs getting more scarce.
Not a World First… India 1997 by Dr Dhabi Ram Baruah
Oh by the way the pig a centient animal is dead sacrificed for another centient animal to live
Am I the first to think that the pig saved this patients' bacon?
The next few weeks are critical. I hope he can manage. Great news
Pig’s Heart! the power of technology is amazing but somehow it’s so weird to hear news of human getting Heart from an animal.
Apparently the man is doing well, the pig however… 🐖
Hahaha
To me, this is very BAD news.. the words NATURAL EQUILIBRIUM come to mind. We're messing with it and invariably we will eventually reap the repercussions. Nature is often unforgiving with these things.
Can we vote on this.
Is this okay for the Muslims?
I wonder if the patient will develop a taste for truffles?
Asked how he feels, the patient said “Crackling! I can’t wait to get back to work and start bringing home the bacon”.
This is a wonderful news. Another human achievement. Bravo to those involved to bring us to this level. The question is how does this ait ethically with Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Would it be considered appropriate now to interfere with nature to this extent? Not sure?
Its what's in the heart that matter 🤓
Book of Jasher 4:18-19
Hows the pig doing post-surgery in recovery? Couldn't seem to find the details in the story.
That's why not allowed to eat pig Cuz maybe they have human organs,
How’s that?
Pig heart Transplant 💜🐖
Well, that's a first for sure. Can't wait to hear how it goes
I’ll bet he won’t eat bacon anymore.
Nidhi Aasifniyaz some folks come with holy reference..I had a friend :)
DrOz
DrOz
DrOz peta any comments Do you agree now human life takes precedence
And the doctor in charge of it all has what appears to be a Muslim name. Even I, a lifelong pork eater, think that’s putting a pig’s heart in a person seems somewhat haram.
How is the pig?
Science is amazing.
I'm curious to know...why he was ineligible for a human heart
DrOz Congratulations Dr. Bartley Griffith.
They would have tried a lion's🦁 heart so the pt to have a ' heart of lion' in everything he does thereafter😂😂
DrOz Did the pig consent to being a donor? Cue….animal rights activists
Man Nic Cage really got into his role for Pig didnt he?
EvelDick This is incredible! If this is possible can you imagine how many people’s lives this procedure would be saving?!! If this is going to be proven to be very successful they should receive a huge prize!
Question: if this becomes normal in medical care, you’re kosher or halal, can you receive it?
Praying the patient gets to go wee wee wee all the way home.
The first step on the way to ManBearPig
You are what you eat
I learnt in med school that pigs and humans are remarkably similar
😭😭😭😭 Idk how I feel about this. Imagine being called a pig. He replied... Only by heart.
It’s another chance to live.
Hope it was fully cooked before hand.
Oh shit AdamCforMD is this how Governor Shrek came to be?
Given how common parts of cow hearts are in open heart surgeries, I'm surprised it took this long to try a pig heart in a patient. I hope he recovers well
As an unexpected side effect the patient has asked for all of his meals to be served via trough
Halfman bearpig
How is the pig doing ?
no
cool.
Will he be made into bacon after he finally dies?
South Park did this nearly 10 years ago.
WOW... Whatever necessary to keep that person alive.
So pork prices goes up.
This is truly experimental, although the benefits outweighed the risks The FDA-approved COVID vaccines? Not experimental at all GetVaccinatedNow DontBeAJokeOvich Tillman_40 cspan cspanwj
I already did this like 3 years ago.
Heck yes
How is the pig?
It's alive
Great job
Am I the only one who would rather die than be transplanted a pig heart?
Donald is that you
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