Pig organs for transplant patients
Podcast |
Inside Health
Publisher |
BBC
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Health
Categories Via RSS |
Health & Fitness
Publication Date |
Feb 08, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:28:58
Can “one helluva pig” 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’ll explore the huge leaps of genetic engineering that are making "xenotransplantation” possible and ask if it’s even ethical to try. Presenter: James Gallagher Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker

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