Trailer for Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita

Premieres Tuesday, January 15, 2008 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS.

Terra Incognita is a feature length documentary featuring the story of Dr. Jack Kessler, the current chair of Northwestern University's Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences. When Kessler was invited to head up the Neurology Department at Northwestern, his focus was on using stem cells to help cure diabetes. However, soon after his move to Chicago, Allison -- then age 15, was injured in a skiing accident and paralyzed from the waist down. In the moments following the accident, Dr. Kessler made the decision to change the focus of his research to begin looking for a cure for spinal cord injuries using embryonic stem cells. Through Kessler's story, we bring the stem cell debate to the public for discussion. The film follows the constantly evolving interplay between the promise of new discoveries, the controversy of modern science and the resilience and courage of people living every day with devastating disease and injury.

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[Segamos14]

This science can dramatically improve lives. Religion is nothing but an obstacle caused by people who or either stupid or desperate. It does nothing but cause problems. Stem Cell research is fantastic and should be used as much as possible. My mother has been paralyzed from the waist down when I was 10, I'm now 18. If sacrificing a fetus from a willing pregnant woman would allow my mother to walk again I would do it, no hesitation.

[rayunseitig]

Just saw this show on TV. It had nothing to do with babies or embryo's in a females body. It's inseminate eggs in a test tube about a day or so old, no potential of being human life there.

[ADEAL416]

It's not even using cells from abortions--its leftover in vitro embryos that would basically be thrown away if not used for that purpose. It is not in any way a contradiction to be against abortion but for embryonic stem cell research

[antietamcv]

He is my hero.

[Agrymn]

"There has been absolute zero scientific advancement from creating human embryos."

That's because of the lack of funding . You would be signing a different tune if that was your daughter . You talk about proof ...CHRISTIANITY HAS ZERO PROOF AND IS A BIGGER SCAM THAN THE ONE YOU REFER TO .......LOL

[Texasjim2007]

There has been absolute zero scientific advancement from creating human embryos as lab rats for Dr Mengeles. The only reason for this worthless bullshit is anti-Christian religious bigots who got their degrees by sucking the dicks of their professors wanting to steal money from Christian taxpayers for engaging in evil

inhuman practices as worthless to science as Dark Age witchcraft rituals and the lack of any actual discoveries since approval of this lying scam proves that objectively.

[xxjacobxx3]

Yeah it is funny. Most of them use violence to solve problems, because they are too stupid to know of any other ways. Its too much to ask them to think about the situation from different view points. What that causes is a contradictory lifestyle.

[koolraulHeavyMetal]

Where can I get this movie at? Is it on YouTube? I can't really find it anywhere.