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Pig lung transplanted into a human

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chaostheory ◴[] No.45076933[source]
The danger of xeonozoonsis outweighs the benefits of cross species organ transplants for humans
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kyykky ◴[] No.45077782[source]
Perhaps you then consider donating your kidney?
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chaostheory ◴[] No.45078544[source]
Yes, I am an organ donor like many others. There are also other paths that doesn’t give pathogens opportunities to infect cross species
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1. kyykky ◴[] No.45081605[source]
Great! I am also about to donate my other kidney. The difference in the long term outcome of the patient between living and dead donation is significant enough for me to go through this. My total kidney function will drop to 50% and I will be sick for 2-3 weeks but if everything goes well I will be up to 70% after few months if the remaining kidney accomodates and back to work in about 4 weeks. Of course there are some other long term risks to consider. However, I probably would not agree on this if there was an abundant supply of working pig kidneys…