Sunday 12/13 at 7pm ET, Morley Safer will be interviewing Anthony Atala of the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine. (Teaser here. I would have preferred Leslie Stahl or Steve Croft over Safer, but I digress.) I trust that 60 Minutes will see the bigger picture relating to evolution and immortality, not just regrowing organs for our troops, but this quote makes me nervous:
There are still some important hurdles to clear, but regenerative medicine may eventually help millions of people, especially amputees and victims of organ failure.
Yikes. Please don't waste this opportunity, 60 Minutes.
I will be sure to update this post with the video once it becomes available.
Update: 12:38 video embedded below. Overall, I thought it was a good segment. I even learned a few things.
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For a less soundbitey version of his research, see his presentation at the 2007 New Yorker conference.
Also, here is Juan Enriquez's TED talk which originally turned me on to regenerative medicine and Atala's research.
20 minute Steven Badylak presentation on regenerative medicine at PopTech 2008.
And here is a 52 minute video of Richard Dawkins touring Craig Venter's research lab.
