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Pig organs for transplant patients
James Gallagher talks to the surgeons behind two historic xenotransplant operations. Are pig organs the solution to the shortage of hearts and kidneys for transplant patients?
Can 鈥渙ne helluva pig鈥� be the solution to a worldwide shortage of organ donors. People die waiting for replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys. So I meet the teams that have started transplanting pig organs into people. We鈥檒l explore the huge leaps of genetic engineering that are making "xenotransplantation鈥� possible and ask if it鈥檚 even ethical to try.
Presenter: James Gallagher
Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker
Last on
Wed 9 Feb 2022
15:30
大象传媒 Radio 4
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- Tue 8 Feb 2022 21:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Wed 9 Feb 2022 15:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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