What I didn't understand about the episode is why didn't a human crew member give a lung? They obviously couldn't grow a Talaxian lung because they didn't have enough knowledge about them, but I'm sure they had the ability to grow a human one as that kind of thing is a standard procedure. And since anyone was eligible, Kes being the donor was illogical.
Neelix Lung
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Perhaps the reason they didn't explore the Vidiian arc further?
poor people die.
the middle class get clone organs
the rich get exotic alien organs
Not completely too dissimilar to how things work on earth with kidneys, hearts and lungs.
The poor die.
The middle class wait on lists nd will probably die
The rich use the black market.
the middle class get clone organs
the rich get exotic alien organs
Not completely too dissimilar to how things work on earth with kidneys, hearts and lungs.
The poor die.
The middle class wait on lists nd will probably die
The rich use the black market.
I think this is exactly the case used in the Myriad Universe novel, Places of Exile. Pretty sure it said that Seven's usage of her nanoprobes to revive Neelix in Mortal Coil also de-aged or rejuvenated the lung... or something like that.
I like to think that there was an unspoken agreement among the crew to just let the little rat die. But Kes had to spoil that. To think they axed her instead of Neelix... not the choice I would have made.
Neelix was her "significant other"... hence she felt it her responsibility to make the donation.
The problem was with tissue rejection.
They couldn't transplant anyone's lung into him, even Kes, until they got help from the Vidian scientist they captured.
They couldn't transplant anyone's lung into him, even Kes, until they got help from the Vidian scientist they captured.
Or downloaded the hedgehog's consciousness into a hologram, and then the Doctor and Neelix could fight for space on voyagers holo buffers, until the Doctor starts sneaking into Neelix's crippled body, because even "that" is better than the alternative.
Yeah, the episode made that obvious, unlikely though I think Neelix is to receive that level of devotion from anyone. That pairing creeped me out.
Absolutely. And as a bonus, his holo-lung probably would have flickered off during a power failure. It's a win-win situation.
Since this ep was written in 1995, not the "early 21st century", I suspect that negates your premise.
The real reason they did not discuss "stem cells and cloning" was likely because it would take too long to grow such a complete organ to a usable size and we didn't need another character confined to sickbay for the rest of season 1.
Oh, and reading this page over again, I can't believe I didn't dispute the poster who claimed the plot point of Neelix having one lung was quickly forgotten, never to be heard of again on Voyager.
It was famously referenced in Macrovirus when Janeway did a scan of infected Neelix' lungS and claimed they were filling with fluid.
He corrected her by squeaking out "lung".
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