Second person to receive experimental pig heart transplant dies nearly six weeks after procedure. The pig died seven weeks ago.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (4 children)

What was the pig's name?

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

His name was Robert Paulson.

[–]Alienhunter 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Albert Einstein

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The pig was Jewish?

[–]Alienhunter 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah of course who else is setting universal speed limits besides the pigs.

Bastards if I wanna go three hundred million meters a second whose business is that but my own!

[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

They didn't put his heart into the pig?

Suddenly, his wife is in love with the pig.

[–]Masterblaster 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

“So, your heart is fucked, but I can get you a pig heart, real cheap, right away. Just sign this waiver.”

[–]bucetao6969 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

It's experimental for a reason.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Yea.

I mean, its a good idea.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It seemed like a good idea 20 years ago. Not so much now.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's one step on the way to growing a human heart with the genetic makeup of the patient.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

One big step. It assumes that a lot of pig biology is similar to humans which isn't the case.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think that one day, the pig won't be needed. They have been growing replacement bladders (using tissue from the patients) in the laboratory for years now.

https://www.nature.com/news/2006/060403/full/news060403-3.html#:~:text=A%20team%20of%20scientists%20has,lab%20and%20placed%20into%20people.

[–]paul-james 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Although science requires the courage to try,But I still think this is too crazy!

[–]RR_2023 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

At first I thought, "what, haven't they done that before." Wait, this is a whole heart. They have been doing pig valves, I think.

[–]Evola 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I wouldn't be so dour, think of it as the surgery gave the person six more weeks to live. Something this daft would only be done for the hopeless.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Look, I dont know shit about cardiology, but this always sounded like a retarded idea and it's funny how awful the results are.

At some point, attempts to keep people alive just become absurd. Let em fucking die. And I don't mean that maliciously at all. I truly mean...poor fucks, but it's time for them to transfer to the other side.