Print Me a New Body

RADIO 4, 11.00AM

The technology of 3D bioprinting, prosthetics and organ transplants has become so advanced that it is now possible to offer revolutionary medical opportunities to replace damaged and failing parts of the body. Jolyon Jenkins speaks to scientists at the cutting edge of anatomical research to find out just how much of the body can be substituted. The world’s first full head transplant is scheduled for 2018, but is it really a body transplant? These are the kinds of mind-bending questions that medical advances pose.