Israeli breakthrough could mean miracle for organ transplants

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Interesting that it's a Jewish university in Israel that has developed this method for [apparently] making transplanted pig organs not be rejected by the human body.

I wonder what Judaism has to say about having pork transplants?

Many Islamic scholars say it is haram(forbidden).

there is always medical exception

Ruling on using brush made of boar (pig) hair? Heart valve made of pig tissue (valve):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aItwQrkImjQ

Totally acceptable. The restriction is only on eating non-kosher foods (basically), not anything else related to them.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10618731/

Even if that weren’t the case, saving a life takes precedence over almost all other laws in Judaism (exceptions are murder, incest, and idolatry), so it would be allowed under that.

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