That’s the problem with using experimental procedures on terminally ill patients. The data is crap because you sont know if the procedure killed them or if they just were never gonna make it. .
Comment on First human to receive transplanted pig kidney dies
gregorum@lemm.ee 1 month ago
tl;dr:
“The Mass General transplant team is deeply saddened at the sudden passing of Mr. Rick Slayman,” the hospital said in a statement on Saturday. “We have no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant.” [emphasis added]
BakerBagel@midwest.social 1 month ago
my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 1 month ago
True, but there’s not many healthy people lining up to get pig organs implanted so this is realistically the best human data we can get until it’s proven to work.
Dippy@beehaw.org 1 month ago
The data is pretty bad, but it’s most ethical to try on people who don’t have better options
match@pawb.social 1 month ago
Well, you know it didn’t save them
gregorum@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Although, considering all of the other health problems that this patient had, we don’t know that, if this were his only problem, it wouldn’t have.
lazyViking@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I guess we found out if it was very immediately killing them, and post-mortem, could probably see (a little bit), how much the kidney was to blame
Vilian@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
also even if it was, could the man survived that long without the kidney?
gregorum@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Likely no. The patient had several other severe health issues that are what likely led to his death. His new mutant kidney was probably the healthiest thing inside him.
Vilian@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Chuymatt@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Bingo. Even humans will die soon after Human-Human transplants, too.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Kidney issues cause cardiac issues and vice versa