Stem cell transplants offer the prospect of positive treatments for gentetic disorders such as muscular dystrophy and multiple schlerosis. But there is strong opposition in the western world and little funding worldwide as these cells are harvested from fertilised embryos and aborted foetuses. Research into the effectiveness and side effects of stem cells is only just beginning. This program follows Stefano Tricarico, a 20 year old Italian with terminal muscular dystrophy as he ventures to the Ukraine where stem cell treatment is being pioneered by Professor Alexander Smikodub. There he will receive foetal stem cell injections costing him 25,000 dollars
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