Technology Developing Fast, Human Cloning Not Impossible Thing
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The pig was raised by Revivicor, a US firm that spun off from the UK company that helped to clone Dolly the sheep, according to the weekly scientific journal Nature. The animal cell surfaces did not have a sugar molecule called ?-1,3-galactose, or ?-gal, which triggers the human immune system.
The 57-year-old man, who received the transplant, was ineligible for a human heart and certain to die soon. Two months after the surgery the patient died nonetheless. Still, according to US scientists, he survived longer than anyone had realistically expected.
Deykin does not rule out that the world scientific community may sooner or later start cloning humans despite international legal prohibitions and ethical concerns. For example, Russian researchers refer to the non-transparent US overseas bio-laboratories, some of which are allegedly involved in bio-warfare research.
According to legal observers, this work is done in violation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and the US Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 (BWATA).
During the ongoing special military operation to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense obtained sensitive documents revealing the scope of the US Department of Defense or Pentagon's bio-warfare activities on the territory of the Eastern European country.