. >> they are genetically altered but the purpose relates to the united therapeutics and you are raising them for possible future lung transplants which would vastly reshape lung transplants in the united states if not across the country. tell us how that works. >> sure, nealy, thanks. so ever since my grandmother received a pig heart valve because her heart valve had gone bad, i have been aware of the fact that pigs hearts and for that matter lungs and other organs are very close to the same size, shape and function of human major organs. so i -- as our youngest daughter developed this fatal heart-lung disease called pulmonary art eerial hypertension and i learned the only cure for it was a transplant. but the problem with transplants are that there are way too few organs to go around for everybody that needs them and secondly organ transplants a trading one disease for another disease. you are trading the end stage organ disease that you are dying from for a chronic organ rejection kind of disease that ultimately takes the life of many, if not most people, who received transplants. so

. >> they are genetically altered but the purpose relates to the united therapeutics and you are raising them for possible future lung transplants which would vastly reshape lung transplants in the united states if not across the country. tell us how that works. >> sure, nealy, thanks. so ever since my grandmother received a pig heart valve because her heart valve had gone bad, i have been aware of the fact that pigs hearts and for that matter lungs and other organs are very close to the same size, shape and function of human major organs. so i -- as our youngest daughter developed this fatal heart-lung disease called pulmonary art eerial hypertension and i learned the only cure for it was a transplant. but the problem with transplants are that there are way too few organs to go around for everybody that needs them and secondly organ transplants a trading one disease for another disease. you are trading the end stage organ disease that you are dying from for a chronic organ rejection kind of disease that ultimately takes the life of many, if not most people, who received transplants. so

the resulting company is united therapeutics. $6 billion biotech in silver spring, it has extended if not saved the lives of tens of thousands of people, including her daughter, who is now in her 30s. ladies and gentlemen, she is also the recipient of this year's billy jean king leadership initiative award devoted to alcs -- to lgbt issues and her company is based in north carolina the might get arrest for going to the bathroom if the governor had anything to do about it. ladies and gentlemen, martin. [applause] >> one of the basic concepts that you're interested in is not just improving life but actually immortality. we're all goes to live forever, and i might mention, founded a religion, as one does, known as -- it's based on transhumannism and you have the idea that we're not just going to live a long time but all going to live forever. tell us your concept of immortality and how that would work. >> thank you. it's great pleasure to be here. [inaudible] -- information technology industry for a while. perhaps -- a prolific inventer is best known for the idea that as our abilities in

therapeutic about it. we have been through this process. we actually have a name for it. morley helped name it, called pine box productions. it's a real unit. warren is the great editor. >> rose: pine box productions. and morley understood pine box productions were putting this story together we heard last sunday. >> rose: he knew he was dying. yes. >> rose: how did he approach it? >> as he approached everything else, really honestly. he didn't try to sugar coat it? deny it. >> he didn't try to deny it. he just said it. he said, i'm dying. this is it. and we believe and the nurses who were close to him and were wonderful, at his home, told us that they believed, after the special, that he'd let go. >> rose: let go. yeah, and he did. >> rose: saw the special. saw the special. i spoke -- >> rose: and whatever resistance -- >> maybe so. it happens all the time. you hear of it. he was so appreciative after the program. i said, morley, we can't do enough for you, and look what you've done for us? >> rose: what did he say. he was very hum snoobl you know it was meaningful to be in the room. >> it was meaningful. >> rose: he viewed in this conver