Pig to human heart transplants 'possible within three years'

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Pioneer UK surgeon Sir Terence English says adapted organs could transform treatment

Adapted pig hearts could be transplanted into patients within three years, according to a report citing the surgeon who pioneered heart transplantation in the UK.

 

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I'm confused. Are we harvesting organs from animals? Does the heart come from the pig or the human? Eww, we really are creating the walking dead.

How sick to use wonderful pigs to die to help humans, it angers me the way animals are no more than products, to ruling big pharma in cohoots with hospitals/doctors etc 🐖 vegan peace

malorieblackman predicted it pigheartboy

Four legs good, two legs🤔, a bit underwhelming🐽

“If the result of xenotransplantation is satisfactory with porcine kidneys to humans, then it is likely that hearts would be used with good effects in humans within a few years,” PedroArango pere_camps lo pone de pasada... pero no sería al revés? yonoentiendonada trasplant

Someone let 'Call me Dave' Cameron know.

Great work.

Amazing how science doesn't give a flying fuck about religion.

🍄🍑🦑🐙🦀🦐🕸️🦊

And a man thumps his chest and says 'oink'

But what about the other way?

That sounds offal.

no thanks, I´d rather go out untainted...

Looks like there's a use for Trump after all.

Trump already has a PIG heart

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