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Does future of medicine rest on animal organs being used in humans?
A University of Maryland School of Medicine photo released on Monday shows surgeons performing a transplant of a heart from a genetically modified pig to patient David Bennett, Sr., in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 7, 2022. PHOTO | AFP
In the early 1970s, a family friend lost his eye in a freak accident. After the incident, he went in for surgery and came out with what he claimed was a goat’s eye. It sure didn’t look like the usual human eye, but he popularised the story of the goat’s eye.
He still has that eye today, but we have never ascertained the veracity of his claim. However, we gave him the benefit of the doubt and recent advances in medicine could very well justify his claim.
