EP 71: Chief Medical Officer at LyGenesis, Professor Paulo Fontes, on the future of organ transplants - podcast episode cover

EP 71: Chief Medical Officer at LyGenesis, Professor Paulo Fontes, on the future of organ transplants

Oct 29, 202137 hr 35 minTranscript available on Metacast
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Episode description

This week’s guest, Paulo Fontes, is a Professor of Surgery and Chief Medical Officer at LyGenesis, an organ regeneration technology platform with a current focus on liver regeneration for patients with end stage liver disease. He talks to Patrick about how our lymph nodes can act as a 'bioreactor' to regrow functioning organs, how liver cells could be used in multiple transplants, and shares his thoughts on the future of organ transplants.