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LisaL

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12. Transplanting animal organs into humans was never

Reply to Disaffected (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 9, 2022, 09:57 PM

Mar 2022

successful because of rejection. The pig from which the heart was transplanted was genetically engineered to minimize rejection but it certainly seemed unlikely it was going to work right from the start. There are presumably multiple reasons for rejection of animal organs by humans.

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Patient in Groundbreaking Heart Transplant Dies [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 2022 OP

R.I.P. And yet, he knew this could happen and we hope that important observations question everything Mar 2022 #1

Yep. Sad for him but so grateful he tried this. jimfields33 Mar 2022 #2

We should all recognize his willingness to advance medical science. He knew it.... usaf-vet Mar 2022 #5

Absolutely true! jimfields33 Mar 2022 #6

That it was going to fail is pretty much a given, as far as I am concerned. LisaL Mar 2022 #10

How so? Disaffected Mar 2022 #11

Transplanting animal organs into humans was never LisaL Mar 2022 #12

That's not very specific. Disaffected Mar 2022 #13

Lets just put it this way. LisaL Mar 2022 #14

I did not think anything in particular Disaffected Mar 2022 #15

Well I don't know what anybody else expected. LisaL Mar 2022 #16

A brave pioneer. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2022 #3

This man had attacked,stabbed and paralyzed a young man in 1988. delisen Mar 2022 #4

Didn't know T**** donated his heart. Jetheels Mar 2022 #7

no need to denigrate pigs like that Skittles Mar 2022 #8

Your right. I couldn't help myself. Idk why the word pig has negative connotations. Jetheels Mar 2022 #9

you're right, you are right. trumpf is a heartless narcissist. demigoddess Mar 2022 #17

I like Winston Churchill's quote Skittles Mar 2022 #18

Good one. Jetheels Mar 2022 #19