Xenotransplantation

As of July, more than 100,000 people were on waiting lists for replacement organs, with 3,442 needing a new heart. Seventeen people on waiting lists die every day, for want of an organ to potentially save their lives. Is xenotransplantation – transferring animal organs to humans – the answer? Pigs are especially seen as potential donor animals because their hearts are anatomically similar to those of humans. A baboon was kept alive for two years with a pig heart. Likewise, researchers have transferred pig hearts to two brain-dead people to discover what reactions might occur. 

Bad news for cat owners

In the U.S., 45.3 million households own cats. According to the American Bird Conservancy, domesticated cats kill 2.4 billion birds each year. Furthermore, a 2016 study by the National Academy of Sciences revealed that there have been sixty-three species extinctions attributable to domesticated cats. 

Blinded Minds (2 Corinthians 4:4)

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Unintended Consequences

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did a survey of 7,705 high school students during the pandemic measures enacted in 2021. It was alarming to discover that 44% reported feeling “persistently sad and hopeless.” Even more troubling was the finding that 26% of girls surveyed had contemplated suicide during the year.