Lost in transit: Central Station seeks a moral compass for bodies in motion
The film Central Station touches on the dark side of organ transplantation and emerges on the side of redemption. Though I occasionally suffer from transplantation issue fatigue, Walter Salles’ breakthrough 1998 feature reinvigorated me to more deeply consider the limits of lifesaving and the transmutability of bodies. In exploring those limits via this viewing experience … Read more
Unsaid of the Undead: Zombie Transplant Resource Guide is live!!!
Get ready for our online live webinar May 23rd, 2012 11:00am (Pacific Standard Time)! Unsaid of the undead: A panel discussion exploring zombi(e)-transplant connections In anticipation of this interwebs to-do, we’ve lassoed some pretty great reads and spun a killer soundtrack for the forthcoming exploration in a handy dandy resource guide. It features scholarly works from … Read more
News Roundup #5: Heart-dropping, turkish triple transplant, transplant tourism ban, further fecal matters
Handle with care Apparently, a heart doesn’t break if you drop it. In Mexico, the heart that was fumbled en route was actually successfully transplanted. It seems they took a page out of the One Tree Hill book. But thank god there wasn’t a hungry canine. Turkey: A transplantation juggernaut? WaPo reports on the world’s … Read more
