Explore the human body from the inside out as never before

Cutting-edge medical technology and riveting, life-or-death personal dramas combine in this unprecedented, from-the-inside-out exploration of The Incredible Human Body. Marvel at the revolutionary imaging system used to guide a surgeon’s scalpel in a delicate brain-tumor operation. Witness a childless couple’s fight to beat the odds and create a new life with a micro-technological assist. See how London cabbies are sending modern brain development theories on an unexpected detour. An astonishing excursion into the living bodies of real people, right down to their stem cells, this is the extraordinary inside story of the human machine as you’ve never seen it before.

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2002 | 56 min

Cutting-edge medical technology and riveting, life-or-death personal dramas combine in this unprecedented, from-the-inside-out exploration of The Incredible Human Body. Marvel at the revolutionary imaging system used to guide a surgeon’s scalpel in a delicate brain-tumor operation. Witness a childless couple’s fight to beat the odds and create a new life with a micro-technological assist. See how London cabbies are sending modern brain development theories on an unexpected detour. An astonishing excursion into the living bodies of real people, right down to their stem cells, this is the extraordinary inside story of the human machine as you’ve never seen it before.

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Posted 11/09/08 by sammy

I believe the title of this short is misleading. It focuses on two topics, which as important as they are do not touch on the awesomeness of our body in its entirety. I also think it pushes a narrative on subjects to strictly engage the viewer rather than inform them. Good enough though. Cheers.