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Title: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea
Post by: angryChineseKahanist on March 11, 2016, 02:12:04 PM: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea.
Hey it works.
But would this be allowed under jewish law to save someone?

http://mashable.com/2016/03/11/boy-regains-sight-pig-transplant/#TDeqLT3gwGqs
Title: Re: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea
Post by: Zelhar on March 11, 2016, 04:57:43 PM: As far as I know it's not forbidden.
Title: Re: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea
Post by: Kahane-Was-Right BT on March 11, 2016, 04:59:49 PM: Quote from: angryChineseKahanist on March 11, 2016, 02:12:04 PM
Blindness fixed with pig's cornea.
Hey it works.
But would this be allowed under jewish law to save someone?

http://mashable.com/2016/03/11/boy-regains-sight-pig-transplant/#TDeqLT3gwGqs

No reason I'm aware of that wouldn't allow it
Title: Re: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea
Post by: Lisa on March 11, 2016, 06:37:33 PM: As far as I know, it would be allowed.
Title: Re: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea
Post by: Zelhar on March 11, 2016, 07:13:12 PM: ACK, I think in the same way that transplanting human tissue and organs to treat medical conditions is allowed so is animal tissue and organs.
Title: Re: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea
Post by: Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks on March 11, 2016, 09:27:12 PM: It would be haram (forbidden) to Koranrats, they'd go to hell.
Title: Re: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea
Post by: Lisa on March 12, 2016, 12:06:16 AM: As i understand it, Jews aren't allowed to eat any part of a pig. I think for the Muslims, they're not allowed to have any kind of contact with pigs.
Title: Re: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea
Post by: syyuge on March 12, 2016, 02:41:40 AM: Koranrats will manage it with the cornea of the goats.
Title: Re: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea
Post by: angryChineseKahanist on March 12, 2016, 09:17:02 PM: So "yes" to save a life. You just can't eat it.
And of course we understand pislam to not make sense.
Title: Re: Blindness fixed with pig's cornea
Post by: Zelhar on March 13, 2016, 03:37:50 AM: That is the logic yes, and I believe not just to save life but also to treat severe conditions such as blindness.