A man has received a transplanted kidney from a pig. Would you do this?

[exitseven]

It was a landmark operation. The doctors used a kidney from a genetically engineered pig. The kidney is already producing urine and the patient is already walking. Nothing was reported about the ham and eggs being served in the hospital cafeteria.

[sage2021]

Yes I would.
When my son needed his hearts mitral valve replaced the surgeon gave me the choice between a valve from an animal or a titanium one. I chose the titanium one.
That was 25 years ago when he was 18. But right now we they are deciding what to do because his heart isn't working right.
They sent his 24 hour heart monitor he wore around his neck like a necklace to another State to determine what is happening to him. He will probably need surgery.
God, I just lost Patrick and now I could lose my son too. It's too much to bare 😔

[exitseven]

Sage - sorry about this. The technology has improved a lot in 25 years. There are probably options that did not exist years ago.

[menina]

I heard about it on the news and I didn't think that this was possible. But then again, I'm not a doctor.

If it was the only way of saving his life, then it was extremely risky but worth it.

[exitseven]

The pig was genetically engineered emwith human DNA. This makes it more resistant to rejection. This is the first try. Maybe it can be improved so that the rate of rejection approaches zero.

[menina]

Yes, hopefully it will. It would help so many people.

[FunkyMonkee]

Back in the late `60's/early `70's, my uncle got a valve or his entire heart replaced from a pig. Up to that point, he was usually a very nice and jovial guy. After the operation, he kind of BECAME a pig! He was still nice and jovial but he would start doing sick shit like, using the towel used to dry the dishes to wipe the sweat from under his armpits and then put the towel back on the rack to be used to dry the dishes with, again!

[exitseven]

If he was elderly it could have been a reaction to the anesthetic he got for the operation.

[FunkyMonkee]

I wouldn't count on it. Besides, there''s LOADS of evidence of people who got body parts from other people and they could suddenly draw, paint, play musical instruments, etc., when they never could before and then found out the person they got the part from WAS an artist of some sort.

[normalice]

Just think it's marvelous that trump agreed to donate a kidney.

[exitseven]

hahahahaha

[loveslongnails]

If Trump was genetically engineered, that group of engineers needs to be exiled to another planet.

[normalice]

In fact Trump was socially engineered and yes we'd all be better off if the engineers were exiled to some distant star..

[exitseven]

When Trump is president next year and America had a resurgence of prosperity and peace it will be obvious that common sense is the best policy

[normalice]

We are already in a resurgence of prosperity. Peace is only at risk because far right ragetards, such as yourself and Trump, became the leaders of other countries. You just want that violence here too, is all..

[loveslongnails]

LOL What normalice said! Maga's and Trump haven't a clue what common sense is all about, just like you can't read data, sir, or realize and accept you've been conned.

[exitseven]

Have you been to the grocery store? I bet you never buy gas either. Inflation is still high even though Biden says he has stopped it. I believe my wallet more than I believe a pathological liar like Biden.

[normalice]

Inflation doesn't come down without a recession. That is economics 101. You want a recession? Bet you do..

The fact is high inflation was inevitable thanks to trumps disastrous reign. But now it has been outpaced by wage growth, thanks to Bidens policies. But you ragetarda are still going to complain because orange cock not in your mouth and that makes you fussy wussy.

[loveslongnails]

@exitseven You still haven't figured out the reason gas prices rose in the first place, seven. It was because of Trump's idiot deal with the Saudi's. I'm out of crayons. You also haven't figured out that corporate greed is the singular BIGGEST reason for inflation since 2021. I'm out of crayons.

[exitseven]

@loveslongnails no, it was because Biden stopped drilling on government land. If you make anything more scarce you make it more expensive.
Capitalism prevents companies from charging too much because there is always competition that will sell the same thing for less. Biden's policies are what caused inflation and high gas prices but Biden never takes responsibility for his bad policies. The gas station owners are responsible for high gas prices. And the people that own the grocery stores are at fault for high food prices.

[normalice]

Biden didn't stop drilling on government land. This is the sort of nonsense that is easy to verify. The only reason to believe it is because you want that orange dick back in all your senses.

[loveslongnails]

This just proves what a fool you are. Gas prices rose because Trump made the most idiotic deal possible with the Saudi's and Russia, but you're too dim to accept that. You're even DUMBER to say this: " Capitalism prevents companies from charging too much because there is always competition that will sell the same thing for less." Are you REALLY that naive?

The US is producing more oil on its own land NOW than ever, and has that driven down the price of gas to where schmucks like you think it should be? No, and it won't, because you don't understand how oil, gas and energy production works in your own back yard, let alone globally.
This too: " And the people that own the grocery stores are at fault for high food prices." proves my point. The people who own grocery stores ARE CORPORATIONS!! That's what I said. Corporate greed.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

If it saves lives and gets more transplants for the people that wait a long time on a transplant list, or save the ones that die before they can get a transplant, I’m all for it… if it would have saved my husband, hell yes…

[Daniela1982]

Better than spending the rest of your life in Dialysis machines 5 days a week.

[exitseven]

yes that is a bad beat for sure,

[DryGermanGuy]

I am just waiting for some religious right nutjob to derail this amazing medical progress with more conspiracy theories about "creating chimeras".

[Wiredone]

If the choice was life or death, I'd kill the pig myself

[exitseven]

Whe gets the bacon?

[Wiredone]

They better save that for me

[Juxtapose]

If it's that or death it seems like a pretty easy choice.

I will become part pig!

[exitseven]

Oink oink

[AviatorTom]

If it was the best way to prolong my life, and maintain my quality of life, yes, I would do it.

[Mangospacho]

Yeah. Pig Kidneys are pretty good, actually. They’re much cheaper than Cow Kidneys, especially Angus. Only downside is an aversion to bacon.

[Tiptoetamm]

If the doctors know it's viable and will work keep me alive for more than 15 plus years. Yeah I would. If it's just a bandaid probably not

[exitseven]

I heard that he would get 2 years out of it. Two years is okay force first attempt I guess. The pig was genetically enhanced by splicing 6 human genes into the pig's DNA. That is supposed to make it less likely to be rejected by the human host.

[NathanDavis]

I would never attempt performing experimental surgery... I do have great pulse and slicing skill... but I'd rather let the professionals and leading experts do it instead...

[Anonymous]

...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ng81_IQAnNE

[888theGreat]

if life or death

[Jamie05rhs]

That's not halal.