Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (2016)

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.

Cast (13)CrewGenresDetailsMediaAwards

Bosse Lindquist

Self - Speakerröst

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini

Self

Johannes Hallbom

Self - Reporter

A

Anna Nordbeck

Self - Reporter

J

Johannes Wahlström

Self - Reporter

Beyene Andemariam

Self

J

Julia Tuulik

Self

A

Andrej Vasiljev

Self - Julias make

N

Natalia Tuulik

Self - Julias mamma

K

Karl-Henrik Grinnemo

Self - Professor vid Institutionen för kirurgiska vetenskaper; Thoraxkirurgi

M

Matthias Corbascio

Self - Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset: Institutionen för molekylär medicin och kirurgi

I

Igor Polyakov

Self - Vice chefsläkare på Krasnodar Regional Hospital

U

Urban Lendahl

Self - Professor i genetik på Karolinska Institutet

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