Artificial organ

literally dying for an organ and the hospital is unable to supply you with the organ that could save your life. Would you rather suffer in pain or would you turn to the black market to live? Picture yourself in the poorest place in America and you have a perfectly functioning organ and you need to make money fast or else you will be evicted from your home, would you rather wait another few weeks to get your paycheck and risk the chance of getting evicted, or would you sell the organ? These are…

Organ Donation Organ donation is a process where the organs of a person who is no longer living are given to those who are in critical condition and could die without them. Kevin Thurm, the author of the article "The Ultimate Gift: Sharing Life," works to persuade his audience of the positive effects of organ donation and why they should register to do so. Throughout his argument he uses the aids pathos, an emotional appeal, logos, a statistic-based appeal and ethos, a credibility-based appeal,…

these unimaginable things is organ transfers. We are capable of taking an organ such as a kidney or liver and transplanting it into another human being so that they may live longer with a healthy functioning organ. With this amazing advance, however there have been consequences. The most serious of these consequences is the lack in supply of transferable organs. The result of this consequence has caused many individuals to partake in what is called organ tourism. Organ tourism is when someone…

In “Organ Sales Will Save Lives”, Joanna MacKay argues that the sale of humans organs, such as kidneys, should be legalized. She claims, “There are thousands of people dying to buy a kidney and thousands of people dying to sell a kidney.” She provides critical background information on the problem before delving into her main ideas. MacKay claims that donors need and deserve the money, and that buyers are unable to access the necessary organs any other way. Unfortunately, people living in…

The progressive movement of Artificial intelligence is the notion that presents the structure of how the mind works, all which originate from the concept of GOFAI. Yet the evolution of GOFAI, has become an unsatisfactory portrayal of human intelligence, because GOFAI demonstrates itself to be limited as a symbolic manipulator. Consequently, GOFAI has become an unsatisfactory demonstration of intelligence, because it lacks the important concept of epistemology. For GOFAI doesn 't create opinions,…

Allotransplantation is a successful treatment that could take the place of xenotransplantation, but if xenotransplantation is successful it could eliminate the need for organ waiting lists (“Information on”). Xeotransplantation is very expensive, which could cost roughly 300,000 dollars per operation. Some hidden costs would be for breeding, housing, feeding, testing, and transporting waste and remains from both animals and humans. Campaign for Responsible Transplantation Health and Human…

Should The Sale of Human Organ Be Legal? “A few years ago, Brian Doherty estimated that every day, 17 Americans die waiting for organs. No doubt the figure is higher now” (Jason). Throughout history there has been many incidents regarding the issue of the sale of human organs. Sally Satel reports that at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania there is a ten year old patient that has cystic fibrosis. Her name is Sarah Murnaghan and she is need of a new set of lungs. With only weeks to live,…

While the disease can often be treated easily, sometimes a second transplant is required. Medical complications: Patients who have undergone organ transplant can get diabetes, high blood pressure & cholesterol, infections, thinning of the bones and can become obese. Cancer: Organ transplant patients are at higher risk for certain cancers, mostly skin cancer. These cancers spread faster in transplant patients than they do in normal people. Therefore, these patients…

Over 120,000 people in the United States are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant. Scientific researched has attempted to solve this dispute, unfortunately, the ethical views of society today have held us back from any scientific progression. On February 27, 2003, Congress approved a ban on reproductive cloning; stopping any hope of scientists saving our world from disease and tragic death. Restrictions on medical research are detrimental and unacceptable to the…

Smokers at transplant time have a thirty percent higher risk of transplant failure compared to those who don’t smoke.13 If they do quit smoking more than five years before their transplant they reduce their risk to thirty four percent when compared to patients who keep smoking.13 If they smoke before their transplant they’ve increased their risk up to ninety one percent along with spreading belligerent forms of cancer and a 114 % increased risk of suffering a major cardiovascular event, such as…