Advances in lung transplantation

[Mik]

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02708-2?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=16442378&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6JoV2dItSGdbuXw8nN5an8v-_9ZKW9QTAnpaPbaoJtuBHWg5zZhvzVe8puwA_aem_O_LZnxnpzOPwtvV9ZRlszg

[jon-nyc]

Cool. They’ve been experimenting with other organs from pigs.

I wonder if Muslims would accept one.

[Mik]

Well, not if they were planning to eat them, no. Wouldn't be halal.

[Klaus]

Survival for 9 days sounds like it's still far away from being a real option.

[jon-nyc]

Indeed.

[Klaus]

It's kind of interesting that the main challenge is not to make the lung work and connect it properly, but to stop the body from rejecting it.