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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.

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[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

It's not less ethical than doing it for meat, is my point.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 29 points 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.world 2 points 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.

[-] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Except eating meat doesn't save lives

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