Tập
NOVA: Episode 18
Tóm tắt
Two paralyzed drug addicts travel to Sweden to receive a revolutionary treatment for brain disease that is largely unavailable in the US due to the ban on fetal tissue research. "Brain Transplant" continues the remarkable story of a mysterious malady linked to a bad batch of synthetic heroin that NOVA first covered in the 1986 award-winning film, "The Case of the Frozen Addict."
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- NOVA
- Mùa
- Mùa 19
- Tập
- Tập 18
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1992-12-01
- Thời lượng
- 55 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 18 là tập 18 trong Season 19 của NOVA. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1992-12-01. Thời lượng là 55 min.
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