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Dr. Dinee C. Simpson visits WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about transplant surgeries. Who decides who gets a transplant? Is there an organ shortage? How do organ transplants actually work? When was the first successful organ transplant? What determines a "match" for a kidney transplant? How do surgeons connect nerves to donated organs?
0:00 Transplant Support
0:15 The value of one’s kidneys
1:08 Organ transplant timeline
2:18 Single use only
2:58 Organ age
3:30 Is there an organ shortage?
3:59 How do organ transplants actually work?
5:00 Season 23 Episode 8, if you’re interested
6:08 How do surgeons connect nerves to donated organs?
6:34 🍆
7:00 I would not be just a nothin, my head all full of stuffin
7:15 Grow your own
8:08 The first successful organ transplant
8:36 Xenotransplantation
9:00 Would you take a pig heart?
9:29 Actually, back up: Why pigs in the first place?
10:05 Who decides who gets a transplant?
11:21 Having a real change of heart
11:48 Face transplants
12:25 How long will a transplanted kidney last?
13:52 What determines a "match" for a kidney transplant?
15:09 Thanks for holding onto this for me
15:54 Our miraculous, fragile kidneys
16:23 This liver gonna live forever
16:54 Post-transplant life as a living donor
18:07 Dr. Simpson’s Selfless Transplant Hot Take
Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Dr. Dinee C. Simpson
Line Producer: Joseph Buscem
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2025/03/11
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