May 10, 2004
Can swine help your ailing Aunt Fannie?
An Israeli team has created via tissue engineering a biological "scaffold" that in pigs allows healthy injectable heart muscle cells to replace tissue that died as a result of a heart attack.
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But is it Kosher?
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I was just wondering about that, tmb48. Would this be considered halal/kosher/whatever by religions that restrict dietary intake of pork?
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Great. One more thing for Muslim fundies to be paranoid about. ISRAEL WILL PUT PIG PARTS IN YOU!
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Actually, "Rat embryos in the lab served as the donor for heart cells..." Wonder what folks will think about that? Seriously, though, the talk is that human stem cells will be the ultimate source if all this works out.
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After witnessing humanity's failures for six plus decades, as well as ratdom's many successes over the years, I think perhaps, at long and longing last, we're on the right track!