December 17, 2004, Hour One: Sensing Fear / 50th Anniversary of Organ Transplantation

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Hour Two: Sensing Fear / 50th Anniversary of Organ Transplantation

Fifty years ago this month, surgeons completed the first successful live human organ transplant when a kidney was transplanted from one identical twin to his brother. In this hour of Science Friday, we'll look back at the history, and future, of human organ transplant. Will there come a time when human organ donors aren't needed? What about growing artificial organs, or making use of organs harvested from animals? We'll talk about it.

Plus, how your brain "sees" fear in someone's eyes. Research published this week in the journal Science indicates that the brain's amygdala keys in on larger-than-normal eye whites as a sign that something's not right. We'll find out more. Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (3-4 Eastern).

Guests:
Paul J. Whalen
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

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Charles A. Vacanti, MD,
Director of the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Vandam/Covino Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Thomas E. Starzl
Transplant Surgeon
Professor of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This segment produced by Annette Heist

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