Dr. Dinee C. Simpson visits WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about transplant surgeries. Who decides who gets a transplant? Is there an organ shortage? How do organ transplants actually work? When was the first successful organ transplant? What determines a “match” for a kidney transplant? How do surgeons connect nerves to donated organs?
0:00 Transplant Support
0:15 The value of one’s kidneys
1:08 Organ transplant timeline
2:18 Single use only
2:58 Organ age
3:30 Is there an organ shortage?
3:59 How do organ transplants actually work?
5:00 Season 23 Episode 8, if you’re interested
6:08 How do surgeons connect nerves to donated organs?
6:34 🍆
7:00 I would not be just a nothin, my head all full of stuffin
7:15 Grow your own
8:08 The first successful organ transplant
8:36 Xenotransplantation
9:00 Would you take a pig heart?
9:29 Actually, back up: Why pigs in the first place?
10:05 Who decides who gets a transplant?
11:21 Having a real change of heart
11:48 Face transplants
12:25 How long will a transplanted kidney last?
13:52 What determines a “match” for a kidney transplant?
15:09 Thanks for holding onto this for me
15:54 Our miraculous, fragile kidneys
16:23 This liver gonna live forever
16:54 Post-transplant life as a living donor
18:07 Dr. Simpson’s Selfless Transplant Hot Take
Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Dr. Dinee C. Simpson
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim
Supervising Editor: Christina Mankellow
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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@haileydawn1271
March 11, 2025 at 7:17 pm
Does this mean you can donate half your liver every 6 weeks?
@dave2132
March 11, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Dr. Simpson is smart and hawt!
@Toast4tw
March 11, 2025 at 7:32 pm
I mean… good for that person but doesn’t it seem kinda messed up to give one person 4 kidneys when one was already rejected while others are waiting to get their first transplant?
@epiclevelwizard
March 11, 2025 at 7:40 pm
*sparks blow torch* how severe would you say they need to be? Just a guesstimate please… for education.
@wishsong98
March 11, 2025 at 7:46 pm
I wouldn’t have known my grandfather if not for his liver transplant. We celebrate the day he received it. And us grandchildren are marking ourselves donors on our licenses.
@ryn.999
March 11, 2025 at 7:55 pm
GOD I just LOVE listening to smart people talk about their specialties 🥺
@MrShaneSunshine
March 11, 2025 at 8:03 pm
If you had one and wanted to donate it could you? Mine is called Elon and needs a place to live where it isn’t always causing trouble, and making too many messed up offspring (assumed). Please help!
@ariana.fellini
March 11, 2025 at 8:26 pm
I was watching this for lung transplantation, my father had one 15 years ago.. fibrosis.. maybe next time?
@gilmour6754
March 11, 2025 at 8:26 pm
Dr. Simpson’s fantastic. It really is wild that transplant science are so new and yet still we’re getting really impressive results.
@perrycarters3113
March 11, 2025 at 8:28 pm
That thumbnail was wild lmfao
@alnechie4781
March 11, 2025 at 8:28 pm
Unfortunately the NY Times just published an article showing that 20% of US organ donations are given to ‘line skippers.’ Predominantly wealthier and white recipients.
@maymikolos5349
March 11, 2025 at 8:28 pm
If your liver regrows, can you donate your liver multiple times?
@Biancabm1
March 11, 2025 at 8:28 pm
I love these videos
@bcoda
March 11, 2025 at 8:34 pm
100% chance that Wired is making fake accounts to ask some of these questions
@henrywahl5633
March 11, 2025 at 8:34 pm
More!!! Pls 🙂
@lgd4247
March 11, 2025 at 8:43 pm
Fascinating.
@Marksman3434
March 11, 2025 at 8:44 pm
11:48 what ignorance. Clearly this person made a totally uninformed claim.
@HelgaCavoli
March 11, 2025 at 8:45 pm
1st answer: “Outside of the USA this coercion is bigger”. Isn’t that a snowflake thought/magical thinking.
@JanMLopes
March 11, 2025 at 8:45 pm
She is awesome!
@HelgaCavoli
March 11, 2025 at 8:47 pm
Organs SHORTAGE: The mistake is to ask IF the person wants to donate! It should be the opposite: IF the person doesn’t want, theeen they should ask it written down at the ID.
@nikeprojock
March 11, 2025 at 8:52 pm
not an eggplant transplant
@jhhayden
March 11, 2025 at 8:57 pm
Great video!
@beenaplumber8379
March 11, 2025 at 9:04 pm
So if a person has a damaged liver (cirrhosis, trauma, whatever), why not cut half of it out and let that part grow back? And when it does, repeat with the other half? I assume what grows back would be normal tissue, and not tissue with the same degree of fibrosis. So… what about that?
@strawberry0gurt.
March 11, 2025 at 9:25 pm
big YES to preventative healthcare!!!!
@lameoyy
March 11, 2025 at 9:26 pm
the first question she answered was basically telling us to donate our organs overseas not in the US 😭
@Emma-i9x
March 12, 2025 at 11:39 am
6:50 is it a feasable thing for trans people?
Here trans masculine people, over a phalloplasty?
@shashavengesayi6055
March 12, 2025 at 11:47 am
Seeing a black woman surgeon on this series warms my heart <3
@No44778
March 12, 2025 at 12:19 pm
Love that she touched onto systematic causes!
@Justaguynamedcam
March 12, 2025 at 12:37 pm
I did EMS for like 7 years, and it was always the coolest working with transplant teams. Time was always of the essence, and it usually involved running to the hospital, grabbing the transplant team and their coolers with harvested organ(s), and rushing them to a special direct entry to the Air Force Base runways with military escort and loading them onto a plane as quickly as safely possible. They were always cool, collected, and laser-focused on their mission.
@Twerkulies
March 12, 2025 at 1:35 pm
4:10 Now I can just picture a Family Guy skit of a doctor cutting someone open and handing the scalpel over to some plumber in blue jeans and a white t-shirt next to empty beer cans on the floor to install a new organ. 🤣
@jessegriffin9
March 12, 2025 at 1:55 pm
Thumbnail 6:31
@SamCarlos-ih3lx
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 pm
She didn’t conclude many answers:
1. How much for the kidney?
2. How are the nerves attached during limb/hand/face transplant?
@snakedoktor6020
March 12, 2025 at 2:21 pm
FYI: There are other causes of HepC other than IV drug use. I had a serious injury at 19 and had a blood transfusion. This was before the blood supply was screened for it (lucky me), and it was unfortunately tainted. 52 weeks of chemo, and it was eradicated w/o too much liver damage. Yeah!
@4rl0ng
March 12, 2025 at 2:33 pm
7:08 LMAO so smooth with it
@djaric
March 12, 2025 at 2:51 pm
6:34 🤣😂🤣😂 I’m tired boss.
@rogermiller2159
March 12, 2025 at 2:53 pm
Now I understand politics. Thanks 19:33
@flavafee
March 12, 2025 at 3:04 pm
thank you dr. simpson for the insightful answers! and thank you WIRED for facilitating!!
@samaranascimento1905
March 12, 2025 at 3:23 pm
5:40 omg c diff like Turtles All The Way Down. I feel Aza’s anxiety
@jcisonutubee
March 12, 2025 at 4:10 pm
LOVE HER OMG YAS QUEEN EDUCATE US
@justlooking_x
March 12, 2025 at 4:17 pm
Got to the 🍆 part and left 😂😂😂
@mivhitv4906
March 12, 2025 at 4:32 pm
sometimes i forget we can do crazy stuff like this.
@stephibabbby6497
March 12, 2025 at 5:05 pm
What would a brain transplant be required for? Is it only a portion of the brain?
@7echnoid
March 12, 2025 at 5:34 pm
Great Wired “support”. Knowledgable and well spoken. If you have anything bad to say at all, I say: Liv’er alone!
@ashdani8561
March 12, 2025 at 5:57 pm
15:45 i thought earlier in the video she said that if someone rejects an organ then it can’t be reused?
@lianion276
March 12, 2025 at 6:21 pm
Fun fact: There’s research going on to make an organ recipients’ immune system ignore the transplant. Should that be successful, they wouldn’t need to take immunosuppressive medication anymore.
@greghight954
March 12, 2025 at 6:42 pm
You people that donate to strangers are angels and better than me. I’d do it for friend or family but a stranger would be too much.
@weasle5022
March 12, 2025 at 7:18 pm
Pretty sure they barred all future development of using our own cells to grow organs for transplant because it’s too close to cloning. So just remember when you or a loved one dies because they can’t get an organ, at least they didn’t resort to cloning!!
@R4t10n4L
March 12, 2025 at 7:44 pm
Steve Jobs qualified suspiciously quickly for his liver transplant
@ryboi1337
March 12, 2025 at 8:27 pm
She looks like a black version of pokimane 😅
@michellferros873
March 12, 2025 at 8:42 pm
In my country everyone is a donor by default. That way, you don’t depend on family, who is in pain or in denial about the death of their loved one, to have to decide in such a short time to donate their loved ones’ organs. If you don’t want to be a donor, you have to register on some list saying you don’t want to be a donor.
@nalikz1875
March 13, 2025 at 7:11 am
Some idiot would call her a “DEI hire”. This woman is clearly BRILLIANT.
@sarahbear9482
March 13, 2025 at 7:53 am
A surgeon with long fingernails. Fun!
@Konzertheld
March 13, 2025 at 8:21 am
Oh wow this was a fantastic episode! Very on point, very calm, precise too. I learned a lot. Also great how she mentioned what could be done so people don’t need a transplant in the first place.
And… she also did an especially great job of reading all those usernames. 😀
@XxdextriousxX
March 13, 2025 at 8:38 am
“The anti rejection medication they need to take for the rest of their lives” I’m sorry WHAT
@Terrorstar-gbp
March 13, 2025 at 8:45 am
7:15 brain is who we are,so if your body get a new brain,it is no longer you,but transferring brain to a stronger body make sense
@nsahandler
March 13, 2025 at 9:08 am
“You cannot get paid for donating any part of your body”
That’s crazy because plasma clinics regularly give “gifts” of $50-100 but are literally allowed to sell it for $2000 to $3000.
The system is already built off of “incentive” it’s just designed to benefit the donation clinics
@nsahandler
March 13, 2025 at 9:17 am
>grow our own clones for human transplants
The law against human cloning is sheerly a matter of ethics. You’re making a living, breathing human being with thoughts and dreams just to keep somewhere like a spare tire or something
@Y20XTongvaLand
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 am
“… or a pump machine (we’ll get to that later).” 5/5 delivery.
@sophiaannnn
March 13, 2025 at 10:59 am
The ppl living in those food swamp areas are already exploited by the insane amount of convenience stores and fast food and the reliance on them as a way of life while they spend all their hours working… AND they gotta get more heart disease and diabetes etc which means more money for med industry…. Capitalism does nothing good for the working class i swear
@DaveLopez575
March 13, 2025 at 11:20 am
I had a heart transplant and so far is working great!
No personality change here. However, I learned more about who I am, it taught me to face adversity. I learned that even when I been always leading a healthy and habit-free life, things happen but at least my body was able to withstand the sudden need for a heart transplant (my issue was congenital). And yes, one’s outlook on life changes.
Remember that we can’t control 99% of what happens around us and to us but we can control our habits and improve our health before is too late. 💪🏼
Great video!
@HarambeFilms
March 13, 2025 at 11:46 am
It is very cool that she got to meet the creator behind the technique.
@sandrob4996
March 13, 2025 at 11:55 am
If your liver grows in six weeks to its normal size after donating half of it, does that mean that in theory you can donate half a liver every few months?
@davianoinglesias5030
March 13, 2025 at 2:33 pm
I love the last part, there definitely alot we can do
@toxicwaste920
March 13, 2025 at 3:29 pm
Well, if you arent paying for my precious, important organ, you arent getting it. Bet lots of people are willing to get paid for it.
@simonisenberg4516
March 13, 2025 at 3:31 pm
Can we please skip the reading of the screen names?
@Ziseth
March 13, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Wouldn’t a brain transplant actually be a body transplant?
@ajwees41
March 13, 2025 at 5:54 pm
What about a directed transplant where donor family picks the recipient?
@katherinerichardson2273
March 13, 2025 at 6:19 pm
good to know I guess I’ll never be a living donor
@katherinerichardson2273
March 13, 2025 at 6:21 pm
6 kidneys that is crazy
@issaman4796
March 13, 2025 at 6:24 pm
I just know she’s a parent who dont play. Idk how to explain it😂
@katherinerichardson2273
March 13, 2025 at 6:28 pm
yeah and that group of individuals doesn’t think of severely disabled person needs an organ transplant I’ve heard some horror stories I’ve also heard a horror stories where no one wanted to fix a person’s dislocated elbow because they happen to live with down syndrome
@Joe-ij1ls
March 13, 2025 at 6:56 pm
Leukemia survivor here, and while its not a traditional transplant that people think of, bone marrow donations save countless lives with bone marrow transplants. It is hard to find good matches and It only takes a blood test to register and can save a childs life.
@nicolepiechocki3118
March 13, 2025 at 8:20 pm
Imagine playing two truths and a lie with the guy who has six kidneys.
@Commercial_Ease
March 13, 2025 at 8:25 pm
As a fellow doctor… have a lot of respect for surgeons who can do microscopic sutures on blood vessels.
@karynelizabeth6065
March 13, 2025 at 9:31 pm
Lived this, she was great. It’s nice to know the kidney I donated might last 15-20 years
@brandonsorrell6073
March 13, 2025 at 10:39 pm
Considering it only last a few years, are you put at the bottom of a list as soon as getting your organ?
@seanmsw5977
March 13, 2025 at 10:50 pm
If it’s illegal to sell organs, isn’t blood an organ?
@shawnstrife5527
March 13, 2025 at 11:32 pm
automatically lost all credibility when the first words out of her mouth equated a criminal act to an impossible act. you absolutely CAN get money for your body parts in the u.s., is it a crime? yes, CAN people commit crimes? ALSO yes
@JugheadJones03
March 13, 2025 at 11:59 pm
She should be a prof if she ever gets to old to stich fast lol.
@taraized
March 14, 2025 at 4:30 am
It would be interesting to know if ppl with autoimmune disorders/diseases can receive a transplant if needed
@GreenGoonblin
March 14, 2025 at 8:03 am
Imagine being a gamer and hearing colon diff in the chat 😂😂😂
@paulcollyer801
March 14, 2025 at 8:21 am
Quick Q
I take Azathioprine for IBD. Is this damaging (potentially) My Own kidneys?
Further info, taken with gout meds to increase efficacy without side effect, now less than 1/3 max dose
@shmeli
March 14, 2025 at 9:21 am
Organ transplants are humans overstepping their place and playing god
@Whoareyoucalling
March 14, 2025 at 9:54 am
Idk why but every time she says organ I become more and more hungry… is this normal werewolf behavior?
@basil127
March 14, 2025 at 10:01 am
This one is really educational
@raihanwidodo1042
March 14, 2025 at 10:13 am
Kind of scummy for nature to make the liver the only internal organ that can regenerate
@dg8620
March 14, 2025 at 11:07 am
We need to have an organ donor Opt Out system. I.e. you’re assumed to be a donor unless you opt out. Those countries with that system have a surplus. It would save hundreds of thousands of lives.
Most people are indifferent to donating, but simply don’t register to be a donor.
To keep it ethical, you give lots of room to disputes and err towards not extracting organs. I.e. if partner or parent says that no they didn’t want to to donate and they just forgot to register the opt out, then sure no problem we won’t. By having a surplus you don’t need each of those contested organs.
@maulwurf62
March 14, 2025 at 12:30 pm
1:07 „Outside of the United States coercion…deception…is fairly common“ Excuse me? It’s amazing how Americans, even supposed medical professionals, in ways large and small, promote the propaganda of „America the great“. It’s very, very sad. Now, if you‘ll excuse me, I need to go down to the Munich Main Train Station to sell a kidney. Or perhaps I should drive to Berlin. No, London!
@FullofSouthernCharm
March 14, 2025 at 3:19 pm
Me and the doctor have the same glasses 🤓🤓🤓🤓
@orchardhouse9241
March 14, 2025 at 4:40 pm
So if half a liver grows back in 6 weeks, does that mean a living person who donated part of their liver could theoretically donate more of it at a later time?
@mingkachow1466
March 14, 2025 at 5:37 pm
this woman seems so intelligent and cool and classy
@Refr619
March 14, 2025 at 6:18 pm
Anyone who gets this is fuckin weird. Straight up
@xerilaun
March 15, 2025 at 2:30 am
What..?
@ghina9
March 14, 2025 at 6:56 pm
The thumbnail is clickbait😤
@udaysingh-wr2kw
March 15, 2025 at 12:08 am
Where is the question ?
@sebastianardila7263
March 14, 2025 at 7:43 pm
Vocal fry
@landrybeck
March 14, 2025 at 8:15 pm
That doctor answered those questions really well. I learned a lot. Amazing!
@RenanRF
March 14, 2025 at 9:36 pm
the absolute BURN on the brain transplant answer.
@MelvinDavis635
March 14, 2025 at 11:42 pm
My wife was my kidney donor we meet when we was 21 and 19 the year of 2012. A year later she tested and was a perfect match as if we were twins. Now we are married with 4kids and the kidney is working very well. My Creatinine is at 1.3 still.
@tsintsin523
March 15, 2025 at 12:25 am
Holy crap, Dr. Simpson is here! She is such a rock star! She started the African American transplant program in Chicago!
@ArthurHuizar
March 15, 2025 at 12:52 am
Not a fan of keyboard typing/clicking as a video editing trend. I don’t watch YouTube like I used to.
@akeemperez8509
March 15, 2025 at 2:03 am
Why can’t I get money for donating my organs? That’s not fair.
@becholden8352
March 15, 2025 at 2:11 am
Many people who have received organ transplants, pick up some habits or quirks of their donor.
@maratpirate6343
March 15, 2025 at 4:12 am
interesting point is once we get full autopilot cars and drastically reduce the amount of car crashes there also will be a similar reduction in donor organs available 🧐
@EtherealAphorism
March 15, 2025 at 5:26 am
If I die with viable organs why can’t I give the value of those organs to my heirs? Everyone wins. Stop this non-sense.
We do allow surrogate pregnancy. In relation to this, would it be so wrong for people to sell a kidney or part of a liver (things they can live without)? I know it’s not great to say but some (not a few) people just in the US could change their lives with the money this would afford them. Would the harm really outweigh they benefit to both parties? We allow blood and plasma donation for money. In what ways does maintaining this arbitrary distinction kill potential recipients and deny potential donors (would would amount to) life saving money?
@EtherealAphorism
March 15, 2025 at 5:33 am
1:13 Q “Why does it seem like were rushing in the movies ” This is asked like it’s not true. Dr. Dinee C. Simpson proceeds to give us all the reasons to hurry. A: um were not, but, um, you know, organs only last a few hours at best and often have to be transported.” I know these questions are given in advance so why on earth can she not answer the question THAT SHE HERSELF POSED?
I love truly this video series by WIRED but c’mon. If I wanted politician answers I’d watch Foxnews or nbc.
@dinosaur-g2h
March 15, 2025 at 7:03 am
Wait, Terry Crews multiverse is real?? Nice video btw.
@goldentrout4811
March 15, 2025 at 9:31 am
this doctor seems amazing!
@JP-sw5ho
March 15, 2025 at 9:54 am
Wait, can I get un-circumcised now?
@MoMo-cz3vr
March 15, 2025 at 9:55 am
She DEI?
@RLelling
March 15, 2025 at 10:52 am
Notice how she says donors get extensive health checkups to ensure they can have a healthy life post-donation? I think it’s a very clever way of saying that you get “compensated” for your donation with a full checkup, something which would otherwise be extremely expensive.
It’s a great way to do it, since offering financial compensation would be unethical, but a health screening is necessary as part of the procedure anyway.
@kansasdude
March 15, 2025 at 1:01 pm
if someone doesn’t have on their DL as organ donors but if their organs are healthy after death and the person’s family wants to donate organs….can family members “override” the dead person’s decision to donate?
@Fredfredfredfredfredfredfred
March 15, 2025 at 2:11 pm
What I learned: if i want a new 🍆 I gotta destroy mine.
@justineebourgeois3420
March 15, 2025 at 2:31 pm
I hate when doctors act like they don’t do it for the money 🤷♂️
@bs5817
March 15, 2025 at 3:43 pm
Honestly this video convinced me to donate half of my liver one day
@ashketchum6139
March 15, 2025 at 6:34 pm
Its called the ‘Liver’ for a reason, cuz it ‘Lives’ & ‘Outlives’ you.
@fep_ptcp883
March 15, 2025 at 8:09 pm
Got distracted by her LONE white hair across her head
@luciaceba4640
March 15, 2025 at 9:55 pm
why not remove other kidneys? 6??
@bubuthefooll
March 15, 2025 at 10:29 pm
why can’t i watch these videos in full- they are so informative but the human body just disgusts me i feel like weird all the time i watch conversations about something blood/organ related …
@DiegoMonroyF
March 15, 2025 at 10:55 pm
Great answers and good looking as well!
@MatthewSuffidy
March 15, 2025 at 11:22 pm
Is it technically possible that a fatty liver that had like 1/4 of it cut off would grow and healthy new part?
@ryanf1425
March 15, 2025 at 11:29 pm
Legend
@roxcyn
March 16, 2025 at 12:23 am
Thank you Dr. Simpson and Wired. Those were some very interesting questions.
@sherlockhomeboy4031
March 16, 2025 at 12:50 am
This is silly because we get money for blood. Why not for organs?
@Nutsaur
March 16, 2025 at 3:32 am
“How much for my organs?”
“Let me tell you why it’s illegal…”
“No no, I mean like a dollar value.”
@daheels5280
March 16, 2025 at 1:30 am
would a brain transplant would actually be a full body transplant?
@niceboi6364
March 16, 2025 at 3:48 am
For all the idiots like me wanting the answer to the question in the goofy preview the timestamp is 6:34
Thank you, Wired. You always manage to give us such interesting videos when it comes to tech support. I love you.
@ubisocool2006
March 16, 2025 at 4:41 am
Thank you Dr Dinee C Simpson for your amazing explanation regarding these transplantation issues. I learn a lot today.
@Slowphoton
March 16, 2025 at 5:52 am
Isn’t the blood type matrix too simplistic? Meaning that there are far more blood types than the ones on the matrix and they probably factor in a good donor/recipient match.
@Slowphoton
March 16, 2025 at 5:58 am
Shouldn’t organ donation be mandatory? Taking viable organs to the grave or cremation chamber is just irrational.
@wendellgreenidge3362
March 16, 2025 at 6:33 am
So its not ok to sell an organ but the hospital can charge me for that free organ they just got??? That’s crazy
@wendellgreenidge3362
March 16, 2025 at 6:38 am
6:40 for the people that clicked on the video for the thumbnail
@makingstatements812
March 16, 2025 at 6:57 am
I cant stop looking at the one long strand of grey hair, and i feel bad.
@carlsondarlson3020
March 16, 2025 at 7:10 am
For the boys 06:32
Prepare to be disappointed
@Shersuri67
March 16, 2025 at 9:18 am
The thumbnail did me dirty 😂😂
@Eckh4rt
March 16, 2025 at 9:43 am
Would never choose to have surgery done by a woman. White or Asian male surgeons only if you want the surgery to actually be done well.
@onlinemoney4341
March 16, 2025 at 4:01 pm
I can’t be the only one who went looking for the question about 🍆😢
@TheTopStarz
March 16, 2025 at 4:04 pm
Good informative video, hope they’ll be a part 2 soon !
@missjaygh
March 16, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Loved this!
@Emptiness771
March 16, 2025 at 6:43 pm
IMAGINE DOING BRO CAN YOU SHARE IT 😂
@addicted2caffeine
March 16, 2025 at 7:09 pm
We do know that the liver won’t regenerate indefinitely. All human cells have a ” lifespan” and a predetermined regeneration count. it’s encoded into our DNA I don’t know the numbers off the top of my head but this is the foundation research into immortality. Either you control how many times a cell regenerates before it stops, or you control how long a cell lives before it self regenerates .
@ozigbobenson9334
March 16, 2025 at 7:17 pm
6:32 so how do you connect the nerves … she didn’t answer the question 🤦🏾♂️
@khadirabdul7087
March 16, 2025 at 7:26 pm
I’ve a doubt In kidney transplants why they leave un functional kidney’s inside instead of removing them
@trdscfjc
March 17, 2025 at 3:33 am
5:19 SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE SPICE…THE SPICE MELANGE…IT’S PRETTY GOOD !💩👍💩👍
@FreedomSithole-iq6zh
March 17, 2025 at 11:02 am
When does she talk about 🍆 transplant? That’s the only reason I clicked on this video 😅
@gajeel6
March 17, 2025 at 11:24 am
Whenever I pay rent and my car insurance, i feel pressured to sell my organs.
@BenjaminIMeszaros
March 17, 2025 at 12:14 pm
It is so incredible to be alive at a time in history when medical science (very quickly) has reduced so much human suffering.
@gtleshow
March 17, 2025 at 12:33 pm
Seriously, where do they keep finding these people? Do they have a secret talent scout for brainy yet wildly entertaining specialists?
@Zowz10
March 17, 2025 at 4:19 pm
3:57 it went right over her head lmaoooooo
@geocyo8835
March 17, 2025 at 4:50 pm
Dammit! This is what the internet is supposed to be used for!
@codename495
March 17, 2025 at 5:53 pm
Uh, six kidneys? Four subsequent transplants? No. Sure it’s callus but there are people on waitlists for years, people who end up having to accept hepatitis+ organs and this one dude gets FOUR?
@Jozigirl93
March 17, 2025 at 6:54 pm
Doesn’t it get a little crowded in there with all the kidneys?
@TheRealAndyofBeverlyHills
March 17, 2025 at 8:17 pm
So we are not answering the question on the thumbnail?? 🤣🤣
@SweetLeviathan
March 17, 2025 at 10:27 pm
If kidneys regenerate, how many times can you do surgery on them for different people???
@lequanghuy6027
March 18, 2025 at 1:37 am
Organ transplant sounds like a logistical nightmare 😅
@estoupaa
March 18, 2025 at 9:06 am
A new fear got unlocked.
You know that history about organ traffickers kidnaping ppl?
Well they may come after your BBC 🍆 to sell for a old dude. 😅
@kingsleymuriki2906
March 18, 2025 at 12:29 pm
Future will be wild
@Zeverinsen
March 18, 2025 at 2:18 pm
I am happy organ donation is a viable treatment, because in many ways it is the ultimate symbol of the good in us as people.
If I die with organs able to donate, I would be honoured to know that in my death someone else can live on, and that my life and death was not wasted.
If you are a transplant patient, know that you are not a burden because you needed a transplant.
Your continued living is a symbol of the good that exists in our hearts, and you are allowing people who have passed away to make a final positive mark on the world.
All though it is a little morbid, I find it kind of beautiful.
@LucenProject
March 18, 2025 at 3:37 pm
How many times can you donate half of your liver if it continues to grow back?
@soldieroftruth77
March 18, 2025 at 4:22 pm
6:35 answer to the thumbnail
@brandonbone2134
March 19, 2025 at 3:31 am
why not just remove the kidney instead of transplanting if you can live with 1 kidney
@IYourGrandfather
March 19, 2025 at 11:00 am
If you could get a brain transplant… wouldn’t it be more like a body transplant?
@shelbyrussell370
March 19, 2025 at 2:26 pm
How do you look so amazing? You are a surgeon and you look like you get great sleep. I’m just looking at you with awe at how beautiful you are. Wow, great job!
@hectorvaz1402
March 19, 2025 at 10:45 pm
The main reason for donor shortage is because of religion, that crazy idea of resurrection or not being able to rest in peace if you are not completely underground is crazy
@Wildman-zh8lg
March 20, 2025 at 2:39 am
I don’t need a member transplant I already have a big johnson
@tlotlisomoletsane3598
March 20, 2025 at 6:11 am
Normalised starting with the topic that is on the thumbnail
@savannahraemccracken8222
March 20, 2025 at 1:05 pm
I’d love to know how real or even how rare the organ donation scene in scrubs is. It’s like a miracle for all the new organs these people get them one by one they all start to die because the donor had rabies and it wasn’t caught
@lavichawla1917
March 20, 2025 at 1:31 pm
Even in USA organs are sold….just not caught
@carlosjoaquinolvera
March 20, 2025 at 1:40 pm
This was a great video !! Thank you very much WIRED
@TalanSouthway
March 20, 2025 at 2:14 pm
Having six kidneys is crazy! Its cool we can theoretically support more organs lol
@scienceislove2014
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 am
I hope technology advances to the point where exploiting sentient beings becomes obsolete—not just for ethical reasons, but because efficiency and innovation demand better solutions. The most sustainable progress is one that eliminates unnecessary harm while maximizing benefits.
This likely won’t happen in my lifetime, but I remain optimistic.
And props to those human donors—you guys are angels in disguise.
@scienceislove2014
March 28, 2025 at 11:43 am
It’s disturbing to think that sentient beings are being bred and genetically altered purely for human benefit, with no regard for their autonomy or suffering. It raises deep ethical concerns—not just about animal welfare but also about how we define progress. Just because we can do something doesn’t mean we should, especially when it involves creating life purely for exploitation.
The push for ethical alternatives—lab-grown organs, advanced bioengineering, and even 3D-printed tissues—hopefully grows.
@himanshu7865
March 28, 2025 at 1:22 pm
She is wrong at 3:19 unless the Liver is is severely damaged by some chronic condition like Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, long term alcohol abuse etc Hepatocytes are surprisingly good at regenerating and restoring the normal functioning, one can easily survive with 25-30% Liver tissue
@sirrapain72
March 28, 2025 at 5:43 pm
13:45 – “…outlived by their liver.” The liver lives up to its name! 😂
@Indrid__Cold
March 28, 2025 at 11:08 pm
10:07 I have two words: money and status. Steve Jobs should not have qualified for his liver. He was already a terminal cancer patient. He gamed the system, and everyone knows it.
@regii2750
March 29, 2025 at 12:58 pm
What about nerves
@N4DA3
March 29, 2025 at 1:15 pm
Why can’t I donate a organ for money ?
@TayySnow
March 29, 2025 at 1:36 pm
This is a very good looking surgeon
@mistercohaagen
March 29, 2025 at 2:08 pm
She just said “CDC data shows us…”
Unfortunately in Conservative-decimated America, we don’t value science enough to responsibly collect this data anymore. Congratulations.
@InvestWithFFI
March 29, 2025 at 4:47 pm
She was amazing! Please have her back as soon as it ever makes sense to do so.
@SoloWingPixxy
March 29, 2025 at 8:29 pm
So if I burn it I can get a new one? Where is my lighter?
@arendon3001
March 29, 2025 at 8:52 pm
This is why it’s crazy that people think they can “do their research” and know more than a doctor. The prerequisites for an organ match are crazy. I can never understand the blood type matrix.
@yungprospectsa
March 29, 2025 at 10:09 pm
I would trust you with my life. Such a master at the craft. Thank you Dr Simpson
@bryanmccauley7913
March 29, 2025 at 10:30 pm
Let’s be honest, and she touched on it. Most organ issues are due to unhealthy living and bad choices. So why should they be able to get another organ to continue living their selfish, indulgent lives?
@javadabaron81
March 30, 2025 at 7:26 pm
Very narrow minded and ignorant thinking to assume most organ issues are due to unhealthy living. Many reason why someone could need an organ transplant.
@keiffybby6471
March 29, 2025 at 11:47 pm
This wasnt as enjoyable as i hoped
@lDrCritical
March 30, 2025 at 2:31 am
Aint no one getting my organs for free 😂😂
@miscdruid
March 30, 2025 at 1:57 pm
It’s really weird watching this as someone who has received two separate kidney transplants.
Thank you to donors and families for your contributions. I wouldn’t be here without you!
@skinisdelicious3365
March 30, 2025 at 2:11 pm
Organ shortage? Plenty of dead people. Whats the issue? Oh they arent an organ donor? Theyre dead shut up. Religious reasons for why organs cant be harvested? Dont care, you’re dead.
@gabijr5651
March 31, 2025 at 8:50 am
she didnt even answer the first question
@spud3426
March 31, 2025 at 3:04 pm
xeno transplant…. so… cat girls dlc soon?
@sc2758yt
March 31, 2025 at 6:48 pm
I love listening to experts who know how to communicate!
@dainedaicho
April 1, 2025 at 2:54 am
11:20 how stupid is that question🤦♂️
@mackenleythaden
April 1, 2025 at 8:30 am
I laugh when i hear its only about health and are thy going to be able to take the medicine for the rest of there lives……. what about money? How did my parents friend who is a multi millionair get a new lung with in a couple months when he is over the age of 70. Makes no sense to me at all. just cuz he donates money to the hospital he gets a lung. crazyyy world we live in.
@WarMachine550
April 1, 2025 at 4:23 pm
Why would you want to leave kidneys in the body that aren’t working?
@Wyvernnnn
April 1, 2025 at 8:02 pm
The spice melange…
@John-ir4id
April 2, 2025 at 12:42 am
7:14… Am I the only one who thinks, when we are able to clone organs, it should be part of the birth/delivery process? What I mean is, when you’re born, wouldn’t it be great if the hospital could harvest your own cells and place them ‘on ice’, ready to be cloned and grown into a new organ in the event that yours are damaged/diseased to the point that they stop working?
@AliMn-t2n
April 2, 2025 at 7:20 am
N we talking abt supercars are unreliable , seems i found something more unreliable than a Bugatti engine
@PaulieKincade
April 2, 2025 at 5:21 pm
Weird how every one of these videos this channel does the “experts” always make glaring mistakes that people with even a cursory knowledge of the subject would get correct. For example – she says that the liver cannot heal itself. Of all the organs in the body, the liver has the greatest ability to heal itself. This is something you learn in high school biology. Every “expert” on here says blatantly wrong things like this which makes me think they are all just actors reading google results because no expert would make even one massive mistakes much less multiple on each video.
@samthemufasa
April 2, 2025 at 8:40 pm
illegal in USA to donate organs for money, USA doesn’t provide good healthcare to people who need it? GOTCHA.