Last year, University of Maryland surgeons made history by transplanting a gene-edited pig heart into a dying man who was out of other options. He survived only two months before the organ failed for reasons that aren’t fully understood but that offer lessons for future attempts. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to allow some small but rigorous studies of pig heart or kidney transplants in volunteer patients.

  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There is the element of “my death will give the data to prevent the deaths of others” that you’re missing. You’re forgetting altruism.