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Transplants : history
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The waiting list of organ recipients-80,000 people in America alone-is testimony to the spectacular success of transplant surgery. This program presents a history of this emerging field of medicine...
The waiting list of organ recipients-80,000 people in America alone-is testimony to the spectacular success of transplant surgery. This program presents a history of this emerging field of medicine, highlighting breakthroughs in surgical procedures and related drugs, as well as looking at how cutting-edge technologies will change its future. Cameras go inside the operating room to show several different procedures, with detailed coverage of a father-daughter kidney transplant. Many organ recipients discuss their experiences. Interviews also include several transplant pioneers, including Dr. Thomas Starzl, who helped develop immunosuppressive medicines.
Details
- Creator
- National Geographic Television & Film
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2006], c2001
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (51 min.) : sd., col., digital
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780736584395
- OCLC
- ocn709668585
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on June 04, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Rejection of a Transplanted Organ (5:32) -- Keeping Organs Viable for Transplant (2:56) -- Heart Transplant (4:21) -- Reducing Transplant Rejection Rate (6:20) -- Liver Transplant (4:54) -- Limb Transplant (2:57) -- Whole Body Transplant (4:11) -- Organ Donation (6:29) -- Kidney Transplant (3:50) -- Alternatives to Transplanting Human Organs (6:26)