Ethical and Scientific Issues in Organ Transplants

Why is there a shortage of human organs for transplants?

• People are unwilling to donate organs.

• There are not enough healthy people.

• The demand for organs exceeds the supply.

• Organ transplants are illegal.

What is a major challenge in using pig organs for human transplants?

• Pig organs are not structurally similar to human organs.

• Pig organs are too expensive.

• Pig organs are too small.

• Pig organs are often rejected by the human immune system.

How have scientists attempted to make pig organs more compatible for human transplants?

• By changing the color of pig organs.

• By using human organs instead.

• By engineering pigs to remove certain sugar molecules.

• By increasing the size of pig organs.

What is the concept behind growing human organs in pigs?

• Using robotic pigs to grow organs.

• Using pig organs directly without modification.

• Injecting pig embryos with human stem cells to grow human organs.

• Cloning human organs in a lab.

Why have experiments with pig-human embryos been halted?

• They were too expensive.

• They were illegal.

• They were unsuccessful.

• They raised ethical concerns.

What ethical question is raised by the possibility of hybrid pigs?

• How to breed hybrid pigs.

• How to transport hybrid pigs.

• What rights to give to part-human pigs.

• How to feed hybrid pigs.

What organs could potentially be grown in pigs using this technology?

• Only hearts.

• Various human organs including brains.

• Only kidneys.

• Only lungs.

What is Tab for a Cause?

• A method for growing organs in pigs.

• A new social media platform.

• A new type of organ transplant.

• A browser extension that donates to charity.

How does Tab for a Cause generate donations?

• By displaying ads on websites.

• By selling user data.

• By charging a subscription fee.

• By opening new tabs in a browser.

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