The first human organ created inside an animal opens the door to manufacturing ‘spare parts’ for people - eviltoast
In an experiment that raises bioethical issues, researchers in China have generated a blueprint of a humanized kidney in a pig embryo

Edit: Surprised at all the vegans in this thread. I didn’t think there were so many of you. I’m glad you care so much about animal rights, that you’re willing to forego eating them and using products made from them. If you’re not vegan and have moral objections for this, maybe you should look at yourself first and all the animal abuse you sanction by eating animals and using animal products. Did you know dairy cows have to be pregnant to produce milk? They’re artificially inseminated throughout most of their lives. I hope everyone complaining about this also complains about ice cream and cheese. Or else they would be hypocrites who just want to blame others but never look at themselves.

  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    109·
    1 year ago

    I’m not going to say this is immoral but it does reveal how little we care about animals when we are willing to farm organs across species, which has got to be more difficult. It’s something we would never consider doing with humans but will be willing to bend over backward to do with animals., and then vociferously defend it online. It’s just revealing, that’s all. Animals have zero moral standing in our society. None.

    • Jax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      32·
      1 year ago

      Weird take, it’s like you’re conflating acceptable losses and apathy.

      Scientists would use human embryos, if given the ability to. Unfortunately there are people who believe that life happens the moment a man injects his baby batter into a woman’s love tunnel.

      These are why people kill animals for this, not because they “don’t give a shit about animals”.

      • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        1 year ago

        Very weird. It’s like you told me I was wrong and then repeated what I said. There’s an obviously massive difference in value placed on humans and animals here. Is that less confusing?

          • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            1 year ago

            English degree here, chief. Writing is a two way communication, and you failed to make your point.

            Why don’t you illuminate the big difference between acceptable losses and apathy, since that is the only thing you seem to want to have a point about. And don’t just define the two, one after the other. This will be on the test.

            Everything else you said is just “it’s not that we don’t give a fuck about animals, we just give a fuck about humans.” Which, in the end, amounts to the same thing.

            • Jax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Your point: people don’t care about animals!

              My point: people do care about animals, religious people get in the way.

              Your degree doesn’t matter.

    • chakan2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      We would absolutely consider doing this with humans. We actually DO this with humans. Skin grafts, organ transplants.