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Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by knicholes on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:28PM (#37425864)
Why not slaughter the SAME ONES? Might as well toss some organs into them to double their value.
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Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by simmerup on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:20PM (#37426405)
I doubt you’d want an organ from one of those pigs, they’re treated and fed awfully
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Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by ekaryotic on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:59PM (#37426834)
As i understand it, you would be facing the same problem as with cannibalism, i.e. increase transmission of prion diseases, from the human tissue in the pig.
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Re:Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time by iancmceachern on Thursday September 07, 2023 @07:58PM (#37427393)
These pigs are specifically genetically engineered and bred so as to be compatible. There are viruses, etc. that are endemic to the swine population that would kill people. It happened in that first human implant recently.
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