Hirschhausen - Medizin von morgen

With the start of the new ARD series "Charité", medical doctor, presenter and science journalist Eckart von Hirschhausen gets up close and personal with the "gods in white" and asks what advances medicine has in store for our future. The future is always just a heartbeat away. Today, these advances make it possible to use new techniques in previously hopeless situations, such as ALS or muscle weakness. But artificial intelligence for sophisticated diagnoses or the revolutionary gene scissors, which make medical treatment possible right down to the human genome, can - and will - optimize human health and extend lifespan. Are we messing with God?

Eckart von Hirschhausen embarks on a fascinating journey of discovery into the ground-breaking innovations in medicine and the big question that moves mankind: Is eternal life possible and worth striving for? He has unorthodox conversations with top doctors, meets nursing staff, people on the margins of society and even a researcher from the USA who believes she has discovered the secret of immortality. "Medicine of Tomorrow" is a cinematic journey into the heart of the question of eternal and healthy life.