Chapter 17 Videos:
In February of 2011, a news story hit the Atlanta airwaves about a Wake Forest baseball coach, Tom Walter, that would be donating a kidney to one of his players, Kevin Jordan. The operation was performed at Emory hospital and both men are recovering well at this time. Recalling the information about cell surface markers, our students should be able to discuss why no one in Kevin's family was a match for a kidney transplant. Understanding the primary role of the kidney to filter waste from the blood, students should evaluate the significance of function below 10%!
The video in the right column is a TED Talk by researcher Anthony Atala presenting the next wave in organ transplants. If you don't have a match, why not print one? Whaaa? It's amazing stuff! And one of his former patients, now a college student, whom received a bladder transplant discusses how this technology has greatly impacted his quality of life.
The video in the right column is a TED Talk by researcher Anthony Atala presenting the next wave in organ transplants. If you don't have a match, why not print one? Whaaa? It's amazing stuff! And one of his former patients, now a college student, whom received a bladder transplant discusses how this technology has greatly impacted his quality of life.