...The transplant was done by Dr. Leonard Bailey and it was successful but unfortunately, baby fae died twenty-one days after her surgery. The most likely source of organ transplantation is pigs. The reason stated from the researchers is that they have right sizes, highly domesticated, and grow quickly. The main issue outlined in this paper is that is it worth the risk of taking animal organs to save a human’s life? Technology has opened up many new opportunities to improve medical science, but unfortunately, the discover of transplanting animal organs into humans is not the solution to the shortage of organs for transplantation because it has many consequences, such as transmission of diseases, increasing the risk of organ rejection and moral...
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