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It's easy to transplant a pigney into a human. The hard part is keeping them alive afterward, especially in the long term. It seems like the event is not far en
by TrinaryWorksToo 2y ago
It's easy to transplant a pigney into a human. The hard part is keeping them alive afterward, especially in the long term. It seems like the event is not far enough in the past to know.
- selcuka 2y agoNot the same as a human, but transplants to other primates were moderately successful [1]: > Researchers transplanted kidneys from genetically engineered Yucatan pigs into cynomolgus monkeys such as the one above. The monkeys survived for up to two years with the xenografts. [1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/monkeys-with-transplanted-pig-kidneys-live-for-up-to-two-years-or-more/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/monkeys-with-tran...
- barbazoo 2y ago“easy”
- TrinaryWorksToo 2y agocomparatively