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Burden of Genius

(Burden of Genius)
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Original Title : Burden of Genius
Time : 88 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2017
Director : Tjardus Greidanus
Writer : Tjardus Greidanus
Producer : Laura Davis, Carl Kurlander
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution...See moreIn 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution. "Burden of Genius" is the story of an innovator as complex and elusive as the biological secrets he unlocked. It is also a reflection on the price of scientific progress by the man many consider the greatest surgeon of the 20th century and the father of transplantation. See less

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