In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
U.S. doctors have transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life — a first for medical science.
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I often question whether particular happenings are either ironic or peculiar coincidence. This definitely seems like it falls in the court of irony.That's pretty incredible stuff. If this works well, it seems like this could change everything in cardiology.
Wouldn't it be ironic if a pig heart is what saves us from the effects of a lifetime of eating bacon?
I think South Park did an episode about this.Been using pig valves for years but a whole heart...wow!
“She couldn’t if she fried”.The doctors let his wife visit him today. The first words he uttered were, “Don’t go bacon my heart.”
I think that is true for all of us.Hope it adds quality years to his life.
https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2020/11/18-3d-printed-heart.html
Wonder if it’s salt or sugar cured?Best wishes to the recipient. I wonder how they work things on the donor side.
Y’all are really hamming it up!“She couldn’t if she fried”.
Don't they have a list?Best wishes to the recipient. I wonder how they work things on the donor side
I wonder if they'll just test all the pigs at the slaughterhouse for donor suitability to a particular recipient or if farmers will start having their animals tested and selling hearts (or any other parts that might be implantable) and taking the profits themselves. There will have to be some sort of tissue-type database to make this work on a widespread basis.Don't they have a list?
Maybe pigs are like a universal donor. Well, maybe not universal since there are some religions where pigs wouldn't fly. 🙂I wonder if they'll just test all the pigs at the slaughterhouse for donor suitability to a particular recipient or if farmers will start having their animals tested and selling hearts (or any other parts that might be implantable) and taking the profits themselves. There will have to be some sort of tissue-type database to make this work on a widespread basis.
Now that's visionary.Maybe pigs are like a universal donor. Well, maybe not universal since there are some religious where pigs wouldn't fly. 🙂
But I agree with others that the way of the future will be 3d printed hearts made with your own tissues so no rejection issues.
I think you know.Will this be a problem for Orthodox Jewish people? I'm asking.
Pigs have a short life span because we eat them.I can't imagine this would be considered permanent; pigs have short life spans, so not likely that a pig heart would last more than 5-6 more years under ideal conditions, if it's not rejected. If they are genetically engineering pigs with 30+ year life spans then maybe...
Well, it wouldn't violate any dietary laws...🤔I think you know.
It could be viewed as high-risk medical experimentation on an expendable patient.Apparently there is some controversy surrounding this since the recipient was found guilty of paralyzing a dude after stabbing him 7 times and then leading the cops on a high speed chase. Paralyzed dude's sister is mad.
But the doctors say a criminal record is no reason to deny someone medical care.
We're all expendable patients. That's why it's called practice.It could be viewed as high-risk medical experimentation on an expendable patient.
The Greeks have a more precise word for "practice" as it applies here: praxis. Doctors ought to adopt it because it doesn't carry the same connotation. Clever retort, though.We're all expendable patients. That's why it's called practice.
Ancient Greeks. I think the word means "doing", which is basically the same context as doctors "practicing".The Greeks have a more precise word for "practice" as it applies here: praxis. Doctors ought to adopt it because it doesn't carry the same connotation. Clever retort, though.
Regarding the medical experimentation context of the discussion: all medical treatment involves the "practice" of medicine, but not all "practice" of medicine involves experimentation.Ancient Greeks. I think the word means "doing", which is basically the same context as doctors "practicing".
Wouldn't that also apply to praxis?Regarding the medical experimentation context of the discussion: all medical treatment involves the "practice" of medicine, but not all "practice" of medicine involves experimentation.
I think that "praxis" implies mastery of what is being done, an attained proficiency. I see my doctor on the 31st of this month and he won't be practicing on me in the same way I practice golf.Wouldn't that also apply to praxis?
Hope you're not being sized for a pig's heart.I think that "praxis" implies mastery of what is being done, an attained proficiency. I see my doctor on the 31st of this month and he won't be practicing on me in the same way I practice golf.
So far the heart is good. But I'd take one if I needed one and if the prognosis was good. I'm into my 70s. They aren't going to want to give me a human heart.Hope you're not being sized for a pig's heart.
Guess that rules out mal-praxis.I think that "praxis" implies mastery of what is being done, an attained proficiency. I see my doctor on the 31st of this month and he won't be practicing on me in the same way I practice golf.