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In a hundred years we'll be replacing our organic lungs with plastic ones that we can hot-swap.

• wsinks 3y ago
  Sure... but that's far from the ideal world where we don't need to replace our lungs. Replacing lungs is very inefficient. According to this, there's some level of lung rejection in 90% of patients. https://utswmed.org/medblog/lung-transplant-rejection/ https://utswmed.org/medblog/lung-transplant-rejection/ That's a lot of management for a critical system... even if it's treatable.
  • gizmo686 3y ago
    Medical science is moving fast (relativly speaking). 60 years ago, no one has a lung transplant. Nowadays, they require broad immunosupprents. Howevee, with current advances in mRNA treatments, CRISPR gene therapy, lab grown organs, and general medical, scientific, and computational advances, it seems inevitable that the outcome of transplants will increase greatly. I wouldn't be suprised if we see rejection become the rare outcome within my lifetime.
  • LargoLasskhyfv 3y ago
    Lungs are overrated. See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/science/rectum-breathing-oxygen.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/science/rectum-breathing-...
    • deathlight 3y ago
      Phew,I was starting to get worried. Thankfully asshole instead.