240 - Organs We Can Live Without
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 240
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Episode description
On today’s episode: Scientists can now grow the flesh of one potato with the skin of another potato. Which organs can you live without? All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of vegetables
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18265855/
- https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical/your-appendix-may-not-be-useless-after-all
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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