Apr 21 Rohin Francis: one small step for a heart

Dr Sally Le Page chats with cardiologist Dr Rohin Francis, from the YouTube channel MedLife Crisis, about the groundbreaking operation this year transplanting a genetically modified pig heart into a human, and the ethics of such a procedure.

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Apr 21 Angelika Schnieke: making pigs more human

Kat Arney

Ethics, Genetic engineering, Health

Dr Kat Arney chats with Professor Angelika Schnieke from the Technical University of Munich about how we create genetically modified pigs suitable for producing organ transplants for humans, and how we can avoid getting more than we bargained for from pigs.