Sarah Gray

Like was it sitting on a shelf collecting dust or were people doing stuff with it?

And he said most of the eyes that we get are from people who are older just because most people are older when they die.

And infants' eyes are worth their weight in gold.

I could barely speak.

I was like, could you tell me why?

He said, because they regenerate.

They have regenerative properties.

And he said, if you don't mind me asking, how long ago did your son die?

And I said, about two years ago.

And he said, well, we're likely still using your son's cells right now.

Because that's how long they last.

To Durham, North Carolina.

Chord blood.

We met the study coordinator, this guy who worked on the Human Genome Project, a grad student.

I think it was just weird that one of them had anencephaly and one of them didn't, and they were genetically identical.

And they found there were a thousand differences in epigenetics between both twins.

Huh.

They're called epigenetic differences.

I think their genes are the same, but the things that control the genes were different.

Yes.