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vrts t1_iv3d1uo wrote
Reply to comment by byllz in Why don't we have Neandertal mitochondrial DNA? by nodeciapalabras
Doesn't even need to be remote, if your line hasn't been tested it could be you!
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Reply to comment by runningdownadream09 in The cutting-edge cellular therapies aiming to ease America's organ shortage. Major transplantation surgeries could one day become outpatient procedures. by Sariel007
Agreed. In a similar way to how we look at flight. How quickly humanity has been able to take its first flights to walking on the moon, to now regularly sending probes to Mars and beyond.
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Reply to comment by ChristopherDuntsch in The cutting-edge cellular therapies aiming to ease America's organ shortage. Major transplantation surgeries could one day become outpatient procedures. by Sariel007
That doesn't seem an apt comparison. You describe a systemic issue rather than one of technology and science.
The ability to perform them is available, the onus is on the healthcare provider to apply treatments judiciously.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in The cutting-edge cellular therapies aiming to ease America's organ shortage. Major transplantation surgeries could one day become outpatient procedures. by Sariel007
I'm a transplant recipient. It might seem crude in historical retrospect, but hardly barbaric. There is a great deal of science that has gone into transplant medicine.
It isn't barbaric, in the same way that caesarean section isn't barbaric because we don't have matter-energy transporters. Given the technology we currently possess, the only other option would be inaction.
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Reply to comment by Ashiro in Why do some allergies get worse over time and some better? And how does allergen desensitivity work without making the reaction worse? by DontDoDrugs316
You just reminded me that I bought the book and left it on the shelf without reading it. Time to take a look!