Yeah uh pretty sure I know a dude with some pig heart valves in him. Fix title please.
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"Worlds first live animal cell-to-human transplant approved" ?
Don't pig-valves qualify?
If they do, the source of the cells aren't really important.
Pretty sure I am a dude with some pig heart valves in me.
Slightly 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.
Thanks - changed it.
>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?
A tissue, probably. Small cellular packets would, if compromised, burst open and then be exposed to the immune system.