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Scientists Just Transplanted a Pig Heart Into a Human. This Is How They Did It

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Doctors and scientists have been trying to transplant organs between species for decades. They may have just succeeded. 

0:00​ Introduction
0:52 Succesful transplant
1:27 Why pig organs?
1:45​ Over 100.000 Americans are waiting for a transplant
2:00​ The need for genetic modifications
2:23​ What is alpha-gal?
3:03​ Meat allergy, or the alpha-gal syndrome
2:23​ What is alpha-gal?
3:29​ The 10 gene modifications for a successful pig heart transplant
4:00 What is a heart box, and why cocaine?
4:32 Compassionate Use Provision
5:50 The history of xenotransplantation
6:12 Baby Fae's case
7:39 Potential and future

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Tech
Tags
science, pig heart, xenotransplant
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