08-05-2022, 03:24 PM
I feel bad that it is pigs again being used for research that is meant to benefit humans.
You can count on the pigs never benefitting from the research.
They may have found a way to restore function to cells and organs after death has occurred.
This could lead the the possibility of restoring life to a newly dead person.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/scientists-res...51663.html
It is very early stages, but now is when we need to look at the ethics of this research.
It is nothing that hasn't been thought of and written about in science fiction books. I think I have a couple of stories on my book shelf right now.
It does mean that death is not as simple as we thought. We used to think a stopped heart meant death, but we restart hearts all the time now.
It does bring up questions. Will brain function be restored when the body is restored? Is the body just being restored so it can be used for organ donation?
Is this what we consented to when we said yes to being an organ donor?
If it can be perfected, who gets the procedure? It is certainly not going to be available to everyone.
What about the mistakes that are going to happen when they only partly restore a body. What do we do then?
It won't be applicable in every case. How do you tell the family of a dead child, that their case doesn't qualify?
And then there are the pigs. They are being deliberately killed so they can try reviving their organs. As they progress with the research, they are going to want to actually bring a pig back to life. What happens to that pig? Lab animals can at least escape when they are dead. Does this mean they can use the same animal over and over again. There is a certain horror to that.
Now is the time to ask the questions and think about what this means. It is quite possible the research will work some day. Do we want this and how do we apply it. Like any new breakthrough, it could be used well and benefit many or it could be used badly and create more problems than it solves. It is all in how we use it.
You can count on the pigs never benefitting from the research.
They may have found a way to restore function to cells and organs after death has occurred.
This could lead the the possibility of restoring life to a newly dead person.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/scientists-res...51663.html
It is very early stages, but now is when we need to look at the ethics of this research.
It is nothing that hasn't been thought of and written about in science fiction books. I think I have a couple of stories on my book shelf right now.
It does mean that death is not as simple as we thought. We used to think a stopped heart meant death, but we restart hearts all the time now.
It does bring up questions. Will brain function be restored when the body is restored? Is the body just being restored so it can be used for organ donation?
Is this what we consented to when we said yes to being an organ donor?
If it can be perfected, who gets the procedure? It is certainly not going to be available to everyone.
What about the mistakes that are going to happen when they only partly restore a body. What do we do then?
It won't be applicable in every case. How do you tell the family of a dead child, that their case doesn't qualify?
And then there are the pigs. They are being deliberately killed so they can try reviving their organs. As they progress with the research, they are going to want to actually bring a pig back to life. What happens to that pig? Lab animals can at least escape when they are dead. Does this mean they can use the same animal over and over again. There is a certain horror to that.
Now is the time to ask the questions and think about what this means. It is quite possible the research will work some day. Do we want this and how do we apply it. Like any new breakthrough, it could be used well and benefit many or it could be used badly and create more problems than it solves. It is all in how we use it.
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Catherine
