Re:Man given genetically modified pig heart dies
by elliekelly on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @06:49PM
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I believe he surpassed several important “milestones” for a transplant patient so his death doesn’t mean the surgery was unsuccessful by any means. And even if it was a total “failure” of a surgery and the patient died on the table that doesn’t mean the team “didn’t learn much”. Not by a long shot.
If he had survived for a long time, we would have known that it worked. He didn't survive, so we didn't learn much.
If we try with enough people who are as critical as him, eventually one could survive and we would know that the procedure works for at least some people.