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One month after experimental pig heart transplant, doctors say they see no signs of rejection or infection::One month after an experimental procedure to transplant the heart of a genetically modified pig into a patient with end-stage heart disease, doctors say the heart is functioning on its own and shows no signs of rejection.

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[–] kinther@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Cool technology, but kind of fucked up we grow animals with spare parts for us only to take them out and kill them. Once this gets to the point we can grow them in a petri dish the ethical concerns should no longer be an issue.

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What if the rest of the animal is used as food?

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think their point of view was as if we were judged by an intelligent alien species, where we would have to admit yeah it does look fucked

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Intelligent ≠ vegan

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