2.22 - Dealing with Rejection

This week, just a little bit after Valentine's day, we learn to deal with rejection... organ transplant rejection, that is. We walk through the earliest experiments with internal organ transplant, through the pioneering work in the 50s with kidney transplants, and finally to the modern day. Check out our website! E-mail me! Say hi on Facebook! Transcripts and Sources here!

Om Podcasten

Explore the rich history of medicine, from the diseases that once plagued us, how the medicine we take for granted today came to be, and the curious characters and stories surrounding these topics. Updates every week, with breaks between seasons for additional research and planning. Our current topic: Pain. Episodes to resume in early October 2021! Past Season's topics: Season 1 - Antibiotics. Season 2 - Surgery/Anesthesia. Season 3 - Public Health. Season 4 - Mental Illness. Season 5 - Pain.