I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Organs Zone. It has scientists studying health and disease in various parts of our bodies. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
The most common organ transplant is the kidney.
The reason why is that humans have 2 kidneys, but you can live with the function of just one.
So…it’s possible to donate one and still be perfectly healthy.
It’s quite common, for example, for a parent to donate one of their kidneys to one of their children.
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Yup- Hannah’s answered that pretty much – although the cornea (Yashar can help confirm?) and skin/muscle grafts are most common tissue transplant which are 10 times more commonly transplanted.
I think the top 3 organs donated are kidneys, liver and heart but it the process of matching donors to recipients (those who receive the transplant) is complex and dependent on the blood type.
Hope that answers your Q!
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Kidney and Bone marrow are some of the big ones that I can think of…
Both are life savers. Kidneys have been mentioned here, so I’ll add bone marrow.
In cases where patients have cancer, their immune system is usually destroyed with radiation or chemotherapy, and they require a bone marrow (BM) transplant. In some cases, individuals might not have correctly functioning or enough white blood cells, and these people also need a BM transplant.
Hope that helps 😀
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The really big pipes need changing pretty often…
Right. Shouldn’t answer these questions when I’m in a silly mood. Good thing the other scientists are here to give the right answers.
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