Humanity is strong only because it is weak. This may sound pessimistic and backwards, but imagine how technologically advanced our society would be if we had no need to advance. As much of an oxymoron that is, it brings about the question: “Why do we constantly strive for more?” The field of medicine is tightly entwined with the field of technology, but much of the innovation in the field of technology today is directly for specific uses within the medical field. One such innovation is advancing the technology behind transplanting organs.
Transplanting organs is, for lack of a better term, inefficient. Before we had sufficient medical technology, humans had to simply accept the fact that if one or more of their organs were to fail, they were most likely going to die. If you drank too much and your liver failed, you simply had to live the rest of your life doing exactly what got you into the situation in the first place: drinking away the pain of your liver failing. Heart failure was 100% fatal for all intents and purposes. If simply …show more content…
There are only two real and established sources for organs to be transplanted into humans. These sources are either humans, whom are generally deceased organ donors, or animals. If one is in need of a heart, they go on a waiting list that is over 100,000 people long. What this means is that unless your condition requires that a heart be transplanted immediately, you’ll be waiting for a very long time. As mentioned earlier, animals can be used, both living and dead. Pigs have an incredibly similar cell structure to humans, so organs such as livers or hearts can be transplanted into humans without much difficulty. Still, this process requires the organ be fully formed and perfect with no defects, as pigs are still different than humans. Once an organ is implanted in a human, the wait
Transplanting organs is, for lack of a better term, inefficient. Before we had sufficient medical technology, humans had to simply accept the fact that if one or more of their organs were to fail, they were most likely going to die. If you drank too much and your liver failed, you simply had to live the rest of your life doing exactly what got you into the situation in the first place: drinking away the pain of your liver failing. Heart failure was 100% fatal for all intents and purposes. If simply …show more content…
There are only two real and established sources for organs to be transplanted into humans. These sources are either humans, whom are generally deceased organ donors, or animals. If one is in need of a heart, they go on a waiting list that is over 100,000 people long. What this means is that unless your condition requires that a heart be transplanted immediately, you’ll be waiting for a very long time. As mentioned earlier, animals can be used, both living and dead. Pigs have an incredibly similar cell structure to humans, so organs such as livers or hearts can be transplanted into humans without much difficulty. Still, this process requires the organ be fully formed and perfect with no defects, as pigs are still different than humans. Once an organ is implanted in a human, the wait