Miracle Cell

With unprecedented and exclusive access to current clinical trials, this program appraises the successes and future potential of regenerative medicine. One featured patient is Joy Veron-paralyzed while trying to save her children from a car accident-who has stem cells from her nose transplanted into her back. The film also follows a heart attack victim who has his own bone marrow stem cells injected into his heart. Do these landmark treatments represent the start of a great revolution in medical technology? Carlos Lima, of the Egas Moniz Hospital in Lisbon, and the University of Frankfurt's Andreas Zeiher are featured. (57 minutes)