Searching for Cures in a Sewer

Yale researcher Ben Chan spends a lot of time doing what most people would avoid at all costs. He travels the world collecting sewage samples. And he’s found that there are things hiding in our sewers. And not just clown or mutant turtles: potentially life-saving cures for antibiotic-resistant infections.

Growing Human Organs in Pigs

Twenty people die every day in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant. There aren’t enough organs for the 100,000 people waiting for one. And there likely never will be… unless we can find a better way to source them. However, a team of scientists has figured out how to grow human organs in pigs. It might make you feel weird. But it also might save countless lives.

DIRECTOR
Nicholas Tucker

PRODUCERS
Robert Chapman-Smith
Laura Howd

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Chandler Tuttle
Brandon Stewart
Elliot Kotek
 

POST SUPERVISORS
Isis Garcia
Seth Goldin

EDITORS
Lucas Abel (Searching for Cures in Sewers)
Erin Kruger (Growing Human Organs in Pigs)

ASSISTANT EDITOR
Maggie Kierstead