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

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[–]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.