Organ-donating: One is Lost for Another to Start Anew. or are They?

Another method that is under hot debate as “ethically unsavory” would be to breed human-type organs in animals, namely pigs. Now this is under hot debate for a variety of reasons, most of which I personally do not agree on. Many animal activists find that raising pigs, and other animals, with human-type organs would be basically a type of animal cruelty, or perhaps inhumane, as the animals would have HUMAN organs, so what would make them less human than us? I disagree strongly with this view; we already kill millions of pigs and other animals each year for food, why not harvest our new organs from these animals before we eat them? The animals would end up on our plate either way, and so I find this topic ruled out. If we bred more animals with human-type organs, we could be looking at the end of organ shortage as we know it. The harder part to rule out is the idea that if we accept the human-grown organs from animals, we could open up a Pandora’s box to new diseases specific to that animal that may lead to our undoing through a major pandemic. This one is obviously harder to revoke, and I do agree that this is definitely something we should look into. Perhaps we should research the animals in which we harvest our organs, and find a cure for the diseases they face so that we could help ourselves if the time came. The real benefit is that we would no longer have to watch our loved ones’ bodies be mutilated for the organs, because we could just take the needed organ for another animal specially and genetically bred for the occasion.

Science is also attempting to BUILD new organs from mechanical parts, rather than organic. These parts, if functioning properly, would allow us to become borderline superheroes, to an extent. It would increase life expectancy drastically, as the body’s organs would be stronger for a longer period of time, and the person would be able to move like they always have. Recently, a small machine was built that is put into the heart that, although makes it so that you have no pulse, actually allows for a better blood flow through the body. New mechanical organs are currently being tested on animals, with mixed results; some of the organs would for a while in some animals, but not at all in others, and other devices work well but only for a short time.

Wrapping up

Organ donors will continue to face hardships so long as we have a dwindling supply of organ donors. Unless something is done quickly, more and more will die each year of some type of organ failure. If we bound together as a people and force science into speeding up its research, we may insure that maybe tomorrow if one of your loved ones need a new lung, it can be rest assured that they will receive it, or an equivalent. For all those that have passed, may God bless and rest their souls, their fight is over, but with their passing, they may give some of their organs if needed, which would be highly accepted by many others waiting on the transplant list. For those still on that waiting list, I wish you the best of luck in finding a donor, and I wish you long years of happiness once you find your donors. Of course I know there are a lot more problems for those that are on the donation list, and I’m aware that there are more solutions being practiced currently, but this is meant entirely on a basic overview. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, additions you would add for extra input, or anything else, please feel free to comment, and as always, thanks for reading.