Parabiosis: A 150 Year Old Surgery Technique

Parabiosis is a 150 year old surgical technique that unites the vasculature of the veins and arteries, the blood systems essentially, of two living animals. The word actually comes from the Greek para, meaning alongside and bios, life. In the lab, you see, parabiosis gives experts a tremendously rare opportunity to test what factors in the blood in the circulatory system of one animal do when they enter another animal. That's why Knowles not here for this episode.