It sounds like science fiction – Doctors extract stem cells from a patient’s hipbones, manufacture an artificial organ and save lives. Professor Paolo Macchiarini performs these kinds of miracles and now Julia Alvarez a ballet dancer from St. Petersburg is putting her last hope in his hands.
Professor Macchiarini is permitted to engineer and implant a stem cell-made windpipe for her. This film follows the unfolding of a groundbreaking procedure, and peers behind the scenes of a controversial medical field. Stem Cells are expected to cure almost all bodily diseases – from Alzheimer’s to cirrhosis of the liver. Providing immediately available replacements for body parts could allow prolonging human life at will. And stem cells could ultimately be the key to fulfilling the immemorial human dream of immortality. This documentary follows a possible revolution of medical science with all its ambivalent consequences and mirrors the burden of...
