Baboons survive 6 months after getting a pig heart transplant

Genetic modifications to a pigs heart allowed scientists to develop a new transplant technique. The pig hearts were transferred into two baboons where they survived for 6 months in good health. This work brings scientists one step closer to the goal of successfully transporting life-supporting pig organs into humans. I find this very interesting because I didn't think this huge procedure would work and i didn't know one type of animal could survive with another type of animals organs.  It is also cool that this could help humans as well.







https://www.sciencenews.org/article/baboons-survive-6-months-after-getting-pig-heart-transplant?tgt=nr

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  1. AnonymousDecember 6, 2018 at 9:38 AM

    I feel like this is animal cruelty and that people should be taking hearts out of liVing animals and replacing them with something else.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 14, 2018 at 7:32 AM

    This is quite interesting and innovative. However, some ethical questions could arise from these procedures, just as Luuuuuc mentioned above. Would you rather let the pig keep his or her own organs or would you rather have them extracted to save your dying kin? I'm not sure.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 14, 2018 at 9:28 AM

    I found this article pretty interesting when considering both sides of the ethical argument. This can absolutely be viewed as animal cruelty because it is not only taking the lives of the pigs but also limits the lifespan of the baboons. On the other hand, overtime if scientists could use this technology and developments to save the lives of animals and people then it could pay off in the long run.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 17, 2018 at 6:24 AM

    I agree with Lydia. I think that if this becomes successful, it could be a huge turning point for transplants and it can help out so many people, instead of them being unable to be saved because they were on a transplant list for too long. If there was a more ethical way to do this regarding animals, I think that this could be huge.

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