Hey everyone! Just a heads up, this video contains some pretty heavy science content. But if you're curious about xenotransplantation (the transferring of animal organs to human beings), then this is the perfect podcast for you! I try to explain it in a way that's easy to understand, but beware: it gets pretty complicated. Still curious? Listen to it NOW!

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Cooper DKC, Ekser B, Tector AJ. A brief history of clinical xenotransplantation. Int J Surg. 2015;23(Pt B):205-210. doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.06.060

 University of Maryland School of Medicine. (2022, January 10). Successful transplant of porcine heart into adult human with end-stage heart disease: First-of-its-kind transplant was patient's only option for survival after being deemed ineligible for traditional transplant. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 6, 2022 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220110183051.htm

 First Ever Pig to Human Heart Transplant (Official Video) - University of Maryland Medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqxtG_7DIM

 Rabin, R. C. (2022, March 9). Patient in groundbreaking heart transplant dies. The New York Times. Retrieved May 6, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/health/heart-transplant-pig-bennett.html

 Xenotransplantation: The benefits and risks of Special Organ Transplantation. BIO. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2022, from https://archive.bio.org/articles/xenotransplantation-benefits-and-risks-special-organ-transplantation#:~:text=In%20xenotransplantation%2C%20a%20more%20aggressive,to%20destroy%20the%20transplanted%20organ.

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