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		Simon_O_Rourke on Jan 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human pati... The poor guy, not only is he on immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of his days, but he's a new type of walking transgenic disease vector.

lr4444lr on Jan 10, 2022 | [–]

Beats dying in vain wait for a donor.

Ensorceled on Jan 10, 2022 | | [–]

Lucky guy isn't dead!

gitgrump on Jan 10, 2022 | [–]

Transplant recipients are on immunosuppressants forever anyway, so this is as inconvenient as receiving a human heart. And hey, it beats being dead!

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