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Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon - Season 1

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

    Bosse Lindquist

    Self - Speakerröst

  • Dr. Paolo Macchiarini

    Dr. Paolo Macchiarini

    Self

  • Johannes Hallbom

    Johannes Hallbom

    Self - Reporter

  • Anna Nordbeck

    Anna Nordbeck

    Self - Reporter

  • Johannes Wahlström

    Johannes Wahlström

    Self - Reporter

  • Beyene Andemariam

    Beyene Andemariam

    Self

  • Julia Tuulik

    Julia Tuulik

    Self

  • Andrej Vasiljev

    Andrej Vasiljev

    Self - Julias make

  • Natalia Tuulik

    Natalia Tuulik

    Self - Julias mamma

Overview

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.

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