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5 Good Things: Robots & Pig Organs: The Future of Organ Transplants

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

A woman who hadn’t used CPR in 40 years didn’t hesitate when it mattered most. In Staten Island, a deli manager is giving kids with good grades way more than sugar highs. A newer organ transplant approach could mean less pain, quicker recovery and more donors. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes us inside the labs and the lives reshaped by cutting-edge transplant science.  The FDA just greenlit a test that could change how millions detect cancer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Amazon offers employees up to £8,000 for education and training, like Juliet.

0:07.0

She's now a trained technician.

0:10.0

And to her, the sound of machinery in need of repair, reminds her of how far she's come.

0:18.0

In two years, she's landed her dream job, providing her with valuable skills.

0:24.2

That's up to £8,000 for education and training at Amazon. Eligibility conditions apply.

0:31.1

Hey there. Need a reason to smile? Well, I've got five. Let's get into it.

0:36.3

It makes me feel so good to just see the kids strive to do better.

0:41.7

And if I can make that difference, I will never stop.

0:45.2

A deli owner in Staten Island turns snacks and $100 bills into serious motivation for kids.

0:51.5

Plus,

0:51.8

So you have this tremendous need, you have this remarkable new technology,

0:56.0

and you pair these things together in a way that creates a solution, which is kind of incredible.

1:02.0

From high-tech robots to gene-edited pig organs,

1:05.0

we'll show you what's possible for the future of organ transplants that can save countless lives.

1:10.0

From CNN, I'm Christobo, and this is

1:13.4

Five Good Things. Okay, if this story doesn't inspire you to either learn or brush up on your

1:20.5

CPR, I don't know what will. So on Easter weekend in Jefferson County, Alabama, Samantha Tucker was

1:26.1

watching her 15-year-old son Evan try

1:28.4

out for a travel baseball team. CNN affiliate WBRC reports that while the players were doing

1:33.6

drills, Evan was standing near the outfield behind second base when the unthinkable happened.

1:40.1

I guess I just thought that he had gotten hitting by a ball, and I jumped up, but then I heard somebody say, like, he's having a seizure.

1:46.3

So I took off running.

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