It's been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig --- and hospital video released Friday shows he's working hard to recover.

A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far::It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig — and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover.

    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Especially since a pig raised for organ transplant probably has way better living conditions than a pig raised for meat in an industrial farm.

    • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’d argue it’s more ethical than meat. You can live a healthy life without meat (provided you’re still getting your protein and B12). You’re kinda dead without a heart.

      I agree, while we’re eating meat, feels strange to call the ethics of pig heart harvesting into question.