We're at a point in the development of medical science where it's feasible to undergo procedures that would have belonged in science fiction when we were kids.
And we can really see that in the kinds of transplants that are possible nowadays. One woman can give another who's always wanted to be a mom her uterus, it's possible to get a lung from a living donor, and it's possible to get a new life-saving organ before you even reach your first birthday.
However, there's only so much that any groundbreaking research can do about the fact that you actually need those donated organs for any transplant to be possible.
And while the scarcity of these organs will be all-too familiar and stressful for anyone on a waiting list right now, it's possible that one landmark operation could change that forever.