Pig hearts transplanted into brain-dead patients at NYU | USA TODAY
July 13, 2022
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as posted by the channelDoctors are testing transplanting pig parts as a possible alternative for patients seeking new organs.
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More than 100,000 people sit on organ transplant lists, hoping for someone else's tragedy to make a kidney, heart, liver or lungs available for them. Pig parts offer a possible alternative.Bioethicists generally support the idea of xenotransplantation, though animal rights activists say they wouldn't be needed if more people were organ donors.
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