Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss how electronic implants, gene editing, and harvesting organs from stem cells are revolutionizing medical science. 

In a medical first, brain implant allows paralyzed man to feel again

CRISPR Gene Editing Is Making Huge Strides In Curing Sickle Cell Disease

Scientists Grow Full-Sized, Human Beating Hearts from Stem Cells

"Of the 4,000 Americans waiting for heart transplants, only 2,500 will receive new hearts in the next year. Even for those lucky enough to get a transplant, the biggest risk is the their bodies will reject the new heart and launch a massive immune reaction against the foreign cells. To combat the problems of organ shortage and decrease the chance that a patient’s body will reject it, researchers have been working to create synthetic organs from patients’ own cells. Now a team of scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School has gotten one step closer, using adult skin cells to regenerate functional human heart tissue, according to a study published recently in the journal Circulation Research."

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