1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Devin gray Are UK correspondence with that's hi, Gevin, Hi 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: the okay, explain to me what happened to this heart 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: that they put into the toddler in Italy. 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, this has made national news in Italy, causing absolute 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 2: condemnation by most of the nations. So there's a little 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 2: two year old boy who needed a heart transplant. He 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: was in hospital when they found a heart donor and 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 2: they brought the heart to the little boy and put 9 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 2: it into him. Now, the problem was that the heart, 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 2: the transplant heart, had been stored directly onto dry ice, 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 2: and of course dry ice is extremely cold, so had 12 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 2: it appears completely damaged the heart and made it something 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 2: that should not have been transplanted into somebody, causing that 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 2: severe tissue damage. Anyway, that two year old boy, having 15 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: fought now for a couple of weeks in hospital, has died. 16 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 2: Prosecutors have now opened an investigation into five doctors and 17 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 2: medics in total, and they've been placed under formal investigation. 18 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 2: The organ apparently arrived, according to some burnt by frostbite 19 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: after being transported eight hundred kilometers from Bolsana to Naples 20 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 2: in an unsuitable container alongside the house without a thermometer 21 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 2: to the medical team of the low temperature. So a 22 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: very sad story. The little boy had been on life 23 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 2: support in Naples for quite some time and his mother 24 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 2: had appealed to the Pope to help her son, and 25 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 2: she says she'll the Starter Foundation in his name. But 26 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 2: why this heart was transported in a manner that was 27 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 2: clearly unsuited is subject to that investigation. 28 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: Terrible. So what's Greenland? What's Greenland fighting Trump on? 29 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 2: Well, Donald Trump said on the social media, We're going 30 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: to send a boat filled with medical supplies and doctors, 31 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: saying that people on the island of Greenland are not 32 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 2: being taken care of. So we're going to send this 33 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 2: boat and help the world as it were. Of course, 34 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: behind all of this, he's made it clear that America 35 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 2: wants Greenland and at one point didn't rule out force 36 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: wanting to take it. Greenland, partly in the Arctic, is 37 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 2: part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and therefore, although it 38 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 2: makes its own rules and legislation, it does come under 39 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: Denmark for all its foreign policy and defense deals. So 40 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 2: this idea that Donald Trump was going to out of 41 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: his generosity, sent a large vessel to Denmark for health 42 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 2: reasons was pretty much left everyone stunned. But it was 43 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 2: a part I think of this soft diplomacy which America 44 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 2: will now employ in the hope that the citizens of 45 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 2: Greenland will say, yeah, we want to be American. However, 46 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 2: the leader of prior, the Prime Minister of Greenland, Jens 47 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: Frederick Neils Said, responded with it's going to be a 48 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 2: no thanks from us, pointing out that Greenland provides free 49 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: healthcare to all its citizens, unlike America. So I think 50 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: we're going to see a little bit backwards and forward 51 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: between America and Greenland. 52 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: Good from them. Now, what's this? They reckon that the 53 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: cats might provide some clues to human cancer. 54 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: Yes, a fascinating study out of Cambridge in England where 55 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 2: scientists have been analyzing the DNA from cat cancers or tumors. 56 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: They've looked at almost five hundred domestic cats and they've 57 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: uncovered key genetic mutations linked with cancer, and they've looked 58 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: at thirteen different types of feline cancer, using one thousand 59 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: genes in their analysis, and they found that many of 60 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 2: the genes that are driving cat cancers are actually mirrored 61 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: in humans, suggesting that the two species share key biological 62 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 2: processes that allow tumors to grow and spread. So what 63 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 2: they're looking at now is basically, if that's what the 64 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 2: cats get as well as the humans, what ways can 65 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 2: we treat cats and that might be suitable to treat 66 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: humans as well. So it's basically not a cure, but 67 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 2: it is a particular route that might be used in 68 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: order to try and find a cure. And they do 69 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: say this is really significant importance because of course you 70 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 2: can't start doing studies on humans who are sick with 71 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 2: cancers in the way in which potentially you might be 72 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: able to with cats. So that's what they're looking at, 73 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: and this could be the saying bit of a game change. 74 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, may Wellkevin, thank you has always appreciated Kevin Gray 75 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: UK correspondence. 76 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive listen live to 77 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 2: news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 78 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.