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First Genetically Altered Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Dies

Published MAY 13 2024

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The Spin

While more research will be needed before xenotransplantation hits the public market, the months of bodily function provided to Mr. Slayman mark a historic feat in the field of organ failure. Legal and ethical factors will also be at play, but the thousands of Americans still waiting for a life-saving transplant should be allowed to opt into this medical lifeline.

Womble Bond Dickinson

Xenotransplants are morally abhorrent and dangerous to humans. As is unfortunately the case right now, innocent animals should not be bred on farms for the sole purpose of extracting their organs to place in human beings. Furthermore, the parasites carried by these animals could end up inserted into a patient one day, possibly resulting in the next deadly pandemic.

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 75% chance that lab-grown complex vital organs will be used successfully in humans before 2035, according to the Metaculus prediction community.