SciShow: We May Be Able To Grow Human Organs In Animals. Should We?

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Content of the Lesson: If you want to be the next scientist to grow a human body part in an animal, start your college journey with Study Hall! Take a college course that starts on YouTube and earn credit before you even apply to college. Go to https://link.gostudyhall.com/kp to learn more. Seventeen people in the US die /every day/ waiting for an organ transplant, usually a kidney. One approach is to grow extra kidneys in pigs, an idea known as xenotransplantation. We'll look at two recent milestones, as well as the complex ethics of growing animals for organs. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Harrison Mills, Jaap Westera, Jason A, Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kevin Bealer, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- More about organ donation: https://www.organdonor.gov/ https://www.organdonor.gov/learn/process/living-donation Sources: https://www.organdonor.gov/learn/organ-donation-statistics https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3246856/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/organ-donation/art-20047529 https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(23)00286-2 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2120238 https://bioethics.hms.harvard.edu/journal/chimera-transplantation https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/117136/Wu%20et%20al%5b1%5d.pdf https://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(06)00976-7 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2118019 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4020242/ https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-humanized-kidneys-grown-in-pigs/ https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/publications/xenotransplantation https://www.thehastingscenter.org/xenotransplantation-three-areas-of-concern/ Image Sources: http://tinyurl.com/mrxv43w7 http://tinyurl.com/yvusyx8y http://tinyurl.com/3jdmydyw http://tinyurl.com/vt85rcn4 http://tinyurl.com/mr2rujmn http://tinyurl.com/tdp9k2k2 http://tinyurl.com/yxubdwbs http://tinyurl.com/3f9wxcx5 http://tinyurl.com/3kznv5cm http://tinyurl.com/mrxfycfx http://tinyurl.com/ysakd34f http://tinyurl.com/5crs9esa http://tinyurl.com/4ewekycd http://tinyurl.com/365wy759 http://tinyurl.com/dkxdj3dm http://tinyurl.com/3rs7reht https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:His-Embryo.jpg http://tinyurl.com/msd7h2a6 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_induced_pluripotent_stem_cell_colony_(51816035910).jpg https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Schematic-diagram-of-the-stem-cell-niche-showing-the-stem-cells-and-the-different_fig1_355015759 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_embryonic_stem_cells_only_A.png http://tinyurl.com/m4nez65k http://tinyurl.com/3ayavv2n http://tinyurl.com/hzjvd2p2 http://tinyurl.com/5cxdzs77 http://tinyurl.com/2awccww7 http://tinyurl.com/ybc33wbz http://tinyurl.com/mr3asnj5 http://tinyurl.com/yzhucj3t https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153926097 http://tinyurl.com/4wkrdujk http://tinyurl.com/3h999hy9 http://tinyurl.com/ytzmvchm http://tinyurl.com/mrxbmmpn http://tinyurl.com/3zep38mw http://tinyurl.com/nhebj3sd http://tinyurl.com/2s476ef4 http://tinyurl.com/2t976442 http://tinyurl.com/ymk5wxb6 http://tinyurl.com/htn66mz4 http://tinyurl.com/bdeapeue https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/huge-factory-farm-in-preparing-to-ship-cattle-livestock-stock-footage/1185950724 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/medical-team-performing-surgical-operation-in-modern-stock-footage/614459048 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/pigs-treated-camcorder-and-climb-snout-in-the-lens-stock-footage/595932512 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/family-of-pigs-running-away-stock-footage/1369531994 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/surgical-instrument-in-the-operating-stock-footage/522427370 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/rift-valley-fever-virus-royalty-free-image/1253227629?phrase=zoonotic+disease https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/baby-piglets-playing-together-on-farm-in-spring-stock-footage/1473746906 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/human-organ-for-transplant-icon-set-royalty-free-illustration/488517294?phrase=organ+transplant https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/female-doctor-arrives-at-the-post-operation-area-and-stock-footage/1223568069


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