Tag: Organ transplant

  • Nation & World

    A SWIFTer way to build organs

    A new technique called SWIFT (sacrificial writing into functional tissue) ultimately may be used therapeutically to repair and replace human organs with lab-grown versions containing patients’ own cells.

    5 minutes
    SWIFT vascular channels
  • Nation & World

    CRISPR’s breakthrough implications

    CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna discussed the gene-editing technology’s rapid spread and the need for a robust discussion about the ethics of its applications.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Organ Transplant

    Nicholas L. Tilney Francis D. Moore Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    New face for chimp-attack victim

    A Connecticut woman who was badly disfigured when she was mauled by a pet chimpanzee in 2009 received a full face transplant during surgery at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

    5 minutes