Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon
★ 10.0•2016•1 Seasons•
Documentary
The series investigates Paolo Macchiarini’s claims to have invented a ground-breaking method to create new organs. His method using plastic tracheas sown with stemcells has been operated on patients in the US, Russia, Sweden and the UK. So far, unfortunately, the track record of his plastic organs is not very good. Almost all patients are dead. And several of his former surgeon colleagues in Sweden claim that not only does the method not work, but that his scientific claim to fame is based on falsified and misrepresented data. Some even claim that his patients have been used as human guinea-pigs.
Top Cast
Bosse Lindquist
Self - Speakerröst
Dr. Paolo Macchiarini
Self (archive footage)
Johannes Hallbom
Self - Reporter
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Anna Nordbeck
Self - Reporter
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Johannes Wahlström
Self - Reporter
Beyene Andemariam
Self
J
Julia Tuulik
Self
A
Andrej Vasiljev
Self - Julias make
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Natalia Tuulik
Self - Julias mamma
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Karl-Henrik Grinnemo
Self - Professor vid Institutionen för kirurgiska vetenskaper; Thoraxkirurgi
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Matthias Corbascio
Self - Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset: Institutionen för molekylär medicin och kirurgi
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Igor Polyakov
Self - Vice chefsläkare på Krasnodar Regional Hospital
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Urban Lendahl
Self - Professor i genetik på Karolinska Institutet
Episodes
1. Part 1
58mPaolo Macchiarini is one of world's most famous surgeons. He hopes to revolutionize medicine by creating a new type of synthetic organ - a vision that could save many lives. But the Italian surgeon has also been accused of using terminally ill patients as human guinea pigs as well as falsifying his science. Is he a genius - or is he behind one of medicine's biggest scandals?
Aired: 1/13/2016
2. Part 2
58mIn the summer of 2012, supersurgeon Macchiarini is under pressure when problems start to arise. His pioneering transplant work seems at risk when he discovers faults with the new synthetic organs. Macchiarini still has faith in the procedure and plans new operations. This time it will no longer be fatally ill patients on whom he tries out his new methods, but patients whose condition is not life-threatening. Will Macchiarini succeed with his pioneering work?
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