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Extraordinary Humans Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2010 - 0
Episode 1
Bones
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 60 mins
People with genetic bone disorders are profiled, including a 9-year-old with brittle bone disease, and a 28-year-old with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), which turns muscles into bone.
Episode 2
Blood
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 60 mins
Cameras follow a 12-year-old with a bulging vascular malformation caused by abnormal blood vessels as he undergoes a risky procedure to have it diminished. Also: a 16-year-old with Klippel-Trenaunay (KT) syndrome is profiled.
Episode 3
Muscles
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 60 mins
Profiling a 31-year-old with dystonia, a rare movement disorder that causes involuntary contractions of muscles. Also followed: a 41-year-old man with spinal muscle atrophy, which has caused his muscles to wither away.
Episode 4
Skin
Tue, Jun 15, 2010 60 mins
Two rare skin disorders are examined, including harlequin ichthyosis (HI), a condition characterized by hard, scale-like skin that reproduces at an accelerated rate; and epidermolysis bullosa (EB), which causes the skin to be very fragile.
