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First animal-to-human transplant treatment approved
- corin_ 16y agoSlightly misleading title, what has been approved is the first non-trial transplant treatment, not the first actual transplant, as human trials for this transplant have already taken place.
- sep 16y agoThanks - changed it.
- robinduckett 16y agoYeah uh pretty sure I know a dude with some pig heart valves in him. Fix title please.
- TheSOB88 16y ago>The "seaweed" coating is alginate, which prevents the immune system from attacking the foreign cells. If the immune system can't get at it, wouldn't it be more prone to infection?
- sudont 16y agoA tissue, probably. Small cellular packets would, if compromised, burst open and then be exposed to the immune system.