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Replaceable You: Skin Grafts, Bioprinting Organs, and the Science of Replacement Anatomy. Mary Roach discusses how third-degree burns destroy regenerative cells, causing severe disfigurement unless patched with allografts (temporary substitutes like cadav

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Replaceable You: Skin Grafts, Bioprinting Organs, and the Science of Replacement Anatomy. Mary Roach discusses how third-degree burns destroy regenerative cells, causing severe disfigurement unless patched with allografts (temporary substitutes like cadaver or cod skin). Researchers are attempting to 3D print organs, currently in the "Wright Brothers stage," using specialized bio-ink and support gel. Xenotransplantation involves genetically editing pigs to grow human organs (chimerism) that the body would accept without rejection.

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0:29.9

I'm John Batcher, sitting with Mary Roach, the author. Her new book is Replaceable You.

0:36.9

Adventures in Human Anatomy. Different parts of the body, externally and internally, can be replaced. and it's been going on for centuries

0:38.9

and dating back to the romans the greeks however modern times requires us to attend to

0:45.9

something i didn't know what's going on to print an organ now this is literal correct mary

0:52.9

they really are ambitions to print a heart.

0:56.6

How does it work?

0:59.0

There are ambitions, yes, but I would say it's in the early phases.

1:05.2

For example, a heart, a heart is a muscular organ.

1:10.1

It's a muscle for the most part.

1:13.1

And to print muscle, you would think, well, it's one kind of cell.

1:18.2

It should be pretty simple.

1:20.1

You load the material and the printer lays down the cells.

1:25.6

But in fact, you need to consider how are those individual muscle

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