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Michael wants to find out how medicine and technology can help to rebuild shattered lives.

Michael Mosley explores the link between war and medical research. Michael wants to find out what medicine and technology can do to help rebuild shattered lives.

War drives innovation and in this series, Michael Mosley travels from the frontline of war to the frontline of research to uncover the medical breakthroughs that are coming out of current conflicts.

The survival rate in Afghanistan is the highest in the history of combat - but this means people are surviving with dreadful injuries. Michael wants to find out what medicine and technology can do to help rebuild their shattered lives. From mind-controlled prosthetics to growing spare body parts and face transplants, he explores the innovations which are helping both wounded troops and civilians to overcome life-changing injuries.

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Michael Mosley uncovers the medical breakthroughs driven by contemporary conflicts.

Michael Mosley travels from the frontline of war to the frontline of research to uncover the medical breakthroughs that are coming out of current conflicts

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