Independent Lens

Season 9, Episode 11

Episode Title: A Son's Sacrifice

Air Date: 2008-01-22

Overview:

Dr. Jack Kessler, a prominent neurologist, shifts his diabetes research to stem cell research when his daughter is paralyzed from the waist down. The program brings the stem cell debate to the forefront and examines the constantly evolving interplay between the promise of new discoveries, the controversy of modern science and the courage of people living with devastating disease and injury.