Answer and explain comprehensively. 1. Reports about a man who successfully undergone xenotransplantation of a pig heart in replacement of the defective human heart created media attention due to a possible breakthrough attention. However, news has broken that he survived and died after months. Considering your knowledge about evolution and comparative anatomy, do you think it is possible to substitute a pig heart for a human heart? Why? Why not? Explain your answers using what you have learned so far in the subject.
Answer and explain comprehensively. 1. Reports about a man who successfully undergone xenotransplantation of a pig heart in replacement of the defective human heart created media attention due to a possible breakthrough attention. However, news has broken that he survived and died after months. Considering your knowledge about evolution and comparative anatomy, do you think it is possible to substitute a pig heart for a human heart? Why? Why not? Explain your answers using what you have learned so far in the subject.
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