Should We Grow Human Organs In Pigs?
An amazing new technology will let scientists grow new kidneys for patients using their own stem cells inside of pigs. To start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/r/minuteearth2...
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Hi - this is Kate from MinuteEarth. In the United States alone, 22 people die every day waiting for a kidney, liver, heart, or lung transplant. There simply aren’t enough donated human organs to go around, and we can’t just go around stealing them out of random healthy people. But pigs’ organs have roughly the same structure and proportions as human organs – and we already kill half a billion of the creatures every year for food – so why can’t we just use their organs? Here’s the thing - our immune systems are really, really good at seeking out and destroying anything foreign to our bodies, so even human-to-human organ transplants sometimes get rejected. And pig organs are much foreign-er: they have a super-conspicuous sugar molecule on...
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Hi - this is Kate from MinuteEarth. In the United States alone, 22 people die every day waiting for a kidney, liver, heart, or lung transplant. There simply aren’t enough donated human organs to go around, and we can’t just go around stealing them out of random healthy people. But pigs’ organs have roughly the same structure and proportions as human organs – and we already kill half a billion of the creatures every year for food – so why can’t we just use their organs? Here’s the thing - our immune systems are really, really good at seeking out and destroying anything foreign to our bodies, so even human-to-human organ transplants sometimes get rejected. And pig organs are much foreign-er: they have a super-conspicuous sugar molecule on...
