David Bennett Sr. was involved in a serious assault nearly 35 years ago, court records show. Such histories should not disqualify patients, his doctors said.
An ailing Maryland man who received a pig’s heart last week in a pioneering transplant procedure has a criminal record stemming from an assault 34 years ago in which he repeatedly stabbed a young man, leaving him paralyzed.
The victim, Edward Shumaker, spent two decades in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down, and suffered numerous medical complications including a stroke that left him cognitively impaired, before he died in 2007 at age 40, according to his sister, Leslie Shumaker Downey, of Frederick, Md.
The Washington Post first reported the transplant patient’s criminal record and the assault that led to it on Thursday. The revelations have prompted debate about how patients are selected for cutting-edge medical care.
喜大普奔!喜大普奔!喜大普奔!
重要的话要说三遍!
四天前,在美国马里兰大学医学中心的手术台上,正进行着一场有可能改变人类历史走向的划时代的心脏手术:
把转基因猪的心脏移植到一名心脏病晚期患者体内。
手术大获成功
为啥爪哥说,这是有可能改变人类历史走向的划时代的心脏手术呢?
因为这次手术的成功,主要有两大现实意义:
1. 长生不老不再是梦想,秦皇汉武会不会激动得从棺材里跳出来?
2. 希腊神话故事与中国山海经传说中的半人半兽,将会成为现实。
大家可以脑补一下,将来器官移植医院候诊室,笑坛老友们的对话会是酱紫:
尤哥:我狼心狗肺
爪哥:我猪脑子
欲哥:我人面兽心
枪哥:我蛇蝎心肠
鼠哥:我鼠胆包天
起姐:我虎背熊腰
大家先别乐,这不是自黑,而是客观陈述
另外,说起人面兽心,这个接受猪心脏移植的家伙绝对名符其实,因为这家伙可不是什么好鸟!
David Bennett Sr. was involved in a serious assault nearly 35 years ago, court records show. Such histories should not disqualify patients, his doctors said.
An ailing Maryland man who received a pig’s heart last week in a pioneering transplant procedure has a criminal record stemming from an assault 34 years ago in which he repeatedly stabbed a young man, leaving him paralyzed.
The victim, Edward Shumaker, spent two decades in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down, and suffered numerous medical complications including a stroke that left him cognitively impaired, before he died in 2007 at age 40, according to his sister, Leslie Shumaker Downey, of Frederick, Md.
The Washington Post first reported the transplant patient’s criminal record and the assault that led to it on Thursday. The revelations have prompted debate about how patients are selected for cutting-edge medical care.
猪被人类驯养千年,早已是非常温顺谦良的动物。希望这颗温和善良的猪心脏,能让这个曾经冷血杀人的家伙,虽然身体上真正做到了人面兽心,但行为上不再人面兽心。
上个世纪90年代科学家进行了一项实验,在这项实验里,受过训练的猪用嘴巴移动屏幕上的指针,并用指针找到它们第一次看到的涂鸦。结果显示,猪很顺利的完成了这项任务,而且用时和黑猩猩差不多。
在《Animal Behaviour》(动物行为)杂志中,研究人员提供了有利证据证明猪能够迅速了解镜子的工作原理,并且运用镜子的反射功能观察周围环境,找到食物。猪能用镜子这项发现只是对猪认知力初步研究的一系列发现之一。其他研究人员还证实了猪在记忆食物储存以及每个储存点之间的联系上有着杰出表现。他们展现了接下来的实验:当猪A察觉猪B知道食物储存在哪里时,猪A就会马上意识到跟随猪B。而猪B就会想方设法把猪A甩掉以便自己能够安心用食。
就连理解能力很强的狗,都比不上猪。在很多方面,狗还没有猪聪明! 猪经过训练后,不但能像狗一样掌握各种技巧动作,而且猪的受训时间比狗要短。经过专门训练的猪,有的会跳舞、打鼓、游泳,还可以准确将足球射门,有的会直立推小车;有些比较机灵的猪还可以当“猪犬”使用;有的甚至还能用鼻子嗅出埋在土里的地雷
猪的生活中最重要的就是气味,它的大脑有7%用来处理气味,比人类大脑多700倍。对气味如此敏感,这就帮助了它们可以随季节变化很好的觅食。猪的这个特性常常被一些地方的人用来寻找松露。松露是非常昂贵的食用菌植物,深埋于地下。而猪可以闻到六米开外,埋在距离地表25厘米到30厘米的松露味道。
当然狗也可以做到这一点,只是训练犬比训练猪要困难得多,你必须让狗每天都进行搜索。如果你们分开了几天,狗可能会忘记学习过的本领。而对于猪来说,除了嗅觉惊人的好,猪的记忆力也实在令人称奇。把一头猪放到迷宫里,给它几天时间熟悉环境,当它记住迷宫的地形之后,就算中间隔了好几天没有去到这个迷宫,再去的时候它还是会清楚的记得该往哪走。而且一步也不会迈错。
money,好多好多 money
俗谚说一个人糊涂叫做:猪油蒙心。说一个人没有对外面事情的敏感和感觉也叫猪油蒙心。猪油把心蒙住了,这个人势必没有怜悯,没有柔情,没有对亲人、朋友生死病痛的切肤之痛,把这个人叫做猪油蒙心,该当之无愧,恰到好处。意为:不开窍或丧失良心。