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I wonder how long it'll last, given the pig it came out of was probably already an adult, and pigs live far shorter lives than humans.

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It's an important question, but the typical donated human organ only lasts ~10 years, which doesn't have much to do with the donor's age.

https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/blog/how-long-do-transplanted-...

Donors are usually 35-50 at time of donation, so way more than 10 years away from average life expectancy. The donated organs fail for other reasons.

There are many examples of donated organs living past 100 (years since donor's birth) even though the number of humans who live that long is quite rare.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3731752/The-woman...

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200625-the-woman-with-a...

Can’t they just keep replacing it every ten years?

It's difficult to do repeat surgeries in the chest.

Just install a window and some valves for easy replacement. Maybe you could even hot swap pig hearts.

Easier said than done.

Woosh

Ok Tony Stark

If Apple can make magsafe for their laptops, then the medical industry can make magsafe for your heart - hot swappable hearts, a simple procedure! :P

Don't get talk about people "feeling" the person from whom they received the transplant inside them? If so, how would a pig seem?

There is an Indian movie which beautifully explores this concept.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1773764/

Worth watching with subtitles if you do not understand the language.

That trailer seemed pretty bad

People talk about a lot of things. God, ghosts, karma. No evidence it isn't anything other than psychological.

> phycological

Let's leave the algae talk out of this!

Even if it is psychological, it's a valid question how people will respond. Really there are a lot of ways people might think about it. I imagine it might change some recipients views on pork. And I wouldn't be surprised if some reported a connection to the pig from which it came similar to human transplants. Whether it's objectively real or not

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