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>... older animals may also benefit from having their blood scrubbed by young kidneys and livers, which mere blood transfusion would not offer. What of transpl
by rl3 9y ago
>... older animals may also benefit from having their blood scrubbed by young kidneys and livers, which mere blood transfusion would not offer.
What of transplant patients that receive a kidney or liver transplant from a younger donor?
- adrianN 9y agoI'd guess that side effects from the immunosuppressants that they have to take cancel out any positive effect. Also, typically you don't give organs to geriatric patients, they're too valuable, so any age difference won't be very large.
- trhway 9y ago>... older animals may also benefit from having their blood scrubbed by young kidneys and livers, which mere blood transfusion would not offer. so in near future the use of a blood boy wouldn't be just transfusion, instead it will be more like dialysis where the blood boy plays the role of dialysis machine.