Tuesday, January 11, 2022

In a medical first, a man with terminal heart disease gets a transplant of genetically modified pig heart

 https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/10/health/genetically-modified-pig-heart-transplant/index.html

A 57-year-old Maryland man is doing well three days after receiving a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery, University of Maryland Medicine said in a news release Monday.
David Bennett had terminal heart disease, and the pig heart was "the only currently available option," according to the release. Bennett was deemed ineligible for a conventional heart transplant or an artificial heart pump after reviews of his medical records.
"It was either die or do this transplant. I want to live. I know it's a shot in the dark, but it's my last choice," Bennett said before the surgery, according to the release.

3 comments :

  1. Is this halachically permitted?

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  2. why not?
    It is a matter of life and death!

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  3. Is the Midrash about Chazir-chozer perhaps hinting at how the chazir will return to being a useful animal, not necessarily for food, but also for medicine, organs etc? Even insulin has long come from pigs.

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