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Transplant surgery: an eye-opening history

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The Future of Transplant Surgery

Paul cradock's new book, spare parts, a surprising history of transplant surgery is on sale now. In the conclusion of the book he looks at the future of transplants - and what do you see coming next? He talks about an experiment done by doctor joshua geshlak who used stem cells to populate a spinach leaf with human heart cells. And how that technology could one day be used in humans for grafting into plants.

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