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NOVA: Transplanting Hope DVD

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NOVA: Transplanting Hope Every ten minutes, another person in the U.S. is added to the waiting list for an organ transplant, joining more than 100,000 others. And a dire shortage of organs means every opportunity for a transplant has to count. With extraordinary access to patients and transplant teams, NOVA takes you inside the operating room to witness the emotional, ... More
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NOVA: Transplanting Hope Every ten minutes, another person in the U.S. is added to the waiting list for an organ transplant, joining more than 100,000 others. And a dire shortage of organs means every opportunity for a transplant has to count. With extraordinary access to patients and transplant teams, NOVA takes you inside the operating room to witness the emotional, high-stakes process of transferring organs from donors to recipients. Meet families navigating both sides of the transplant journey - and researchers pushing the boundaries of medicine in an effort to beat the odds. Their efforts to understand organ rejection, discover ways to keep organs alive outside the body, and even grow 'bio-artificial'' organs with stem cells, could save countless lives.

Producer: Rosvita Dransfeld, Elizabeth Arledge
Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell
Production Company: A NOVA Production by Gurney Street Films for WGBH Boston, National Film Board of Canada and the WGBH Educational Foundation
Production Year: 2018
Copyright Year: 2018
Director: Niobe Thompson
Narrator: Jay O. Sanders
Writers: Niobe Thompson
Discs: 1
Subtitles: Y
Subtitle Language: English (SDH)
Language track: English
Audio Format: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen

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David F.
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07/17/20
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Review by David F. on 07/17/20 review stating INVALUABLE
We have a son who delivers organs to the next needed patient. We could not get our minds around what he goes thru each day and what is involved- but we did understand the utter importance. This is a remarkable film that has given us so much to respect and appreciate in the rarified world. amazing. The doctors and the patients who give-- there are no words....

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Review by David F. review stating INVALUABLE
We have a son who delivers organs to the next needed patient. We could not get our minds around what he goes thru each day and what is involved- but we did understand the utter importance. This is a remarkable film that has given us so much to respect and appreciate in the rarified world. amazing. The doctors and the patients who give-- there are no words....

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