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ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We are back now with our series, "One Match, Second Chance." When we talk about second chances, this usually refers to the person in need of a stem cell transplant, but this time it's about a donor. This story is very, very close to my heart, it's my nephew Jeremiah, and here is his journey. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But right now, a possible medical breakthrough, giving hope to people with type 1 diabetes all around the world. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUJU CHANG (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We turn now to a story that's truly inspiring. Selma Blair's breakthrough to stardom came in the smash hit, "Cruel Intentions." But her life took an unexpected turn back in 2018, when she got the devastating diagnosis of MS. Tonight, her brave and candid conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts on how she's learning to live her life differently. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we're going to begin with Robin at the Vatican. She's there for an historic conference on stem cell therapy that could provide hope for millions battling rare diseases, and Robin, you're about to introduce us to a very inspiring little girl. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) It's a mad house outside and inside, these wonderful people surrounding me because it's our feel good Friday and we have an incredible story for you this morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Well now to a promising but for some, controversial new medical procedure tonight. It uses your own stem cells to heal pain, some say turning back the clock. But does the remedy come with a risk? Here's ABC's Tanya Rivero tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Our "Instant Index" starts tonight with golf history at Augusta National. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS) All right, Robin. (Off-camera) We're gonna begin with that breaking new right here in New York. Early this morning, police in riot gear sweeping in and raiding Occupy Wall Street's camp. JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now we're gonna turn to the medical debate stirred up by NFL superstar, Peyton Manning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now, our "Healthy Living" report, and a major breakthrough to tell you about in stem cell research. We have been waiting so long, nearly a million Americans could be helped. They are now using stem cells taken from your own body to repair damaged hearts, the ones that radiate pain through the chest. And our own Dr Richard Besser is here to tell us about it. How big is this? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RON CLAIBORNE (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good morning to you, Dan, and good morning, everyone. In the news, the army corps of engineers is preparing to blow up a levee in Missouri, if necessary, to relieve the massive flooding there. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And finally tonight here, anyone who plays or watches football certainly knows this is the most important part of the season, which made it even more remarkable when we learned of one college football player, defensive end, who volunteered to skip the end of the season to tackle something far more important. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're gonna turn now to politics this morning. And three states are holding primaries today. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUJU CHANG (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) You do look hot, Robin. Thank you. Soulful interview with Fantasia. We're gonna turn now to the news, though, and those Chilean miners trapped for nearly three weeks. And they'll soon get to speak with their families through a newly drilled borehole. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) This is big medical news. We learned today that doctors have restored sight to some people blinded by accidents. Harvesting stem cells from their own eyes to grow knew corneas. Suggesting a wider frontier ahead. And here's Dr Richard Besser. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARTIN BASHIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) The battle of the sexes may just have taken a dramatic turn. A British scientific breakthrough claims to have created human sperm from embryonic stem cells. An achievement that may help with the problem of male infertility. Or, in a more extreme scenario, may officially render men and our reproductive role entirely redundant and it got Nick Watt thinking, would that be for the better or for the worse? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KATE SNOW (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay, Marysol. Well, on Monday, President Obama will reverse eight years of Bush administration policy and sign a controversial executive order, allowing federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Our ABC News/"Washington Post" poll in January found nearly six in 10 Americans support President Obama's move. Here's ABC's Lisa Stark. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But first, we do have a major story this morning in the world of medicine, stem cell research, the focus of so much controversy, so much hope. News, today, that the FDA has approved for testing the first treatment derived from human embryonic stem cells. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DEBORAH ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) What an honor. Thank you, Charlie. And good morning to you and to you as well. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening, I'm Terry Moran. Well, health care is one of the big political issues in the presidential campaign this time around, and we begin tonight with a story of the extreme some Americans now go to get it. As a country, we spend a fortune on medicine, $2 trillion a year. And it's rising. But despite those massive costs, and a system some call the best in the world, some people feel compelled to seek alternative cures beyond our borders even when the outcome is far from certain. 'Nightline's" John Donvan reports from Los Algodones, Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) There is tantalizing medical news this evening involving stem cells. One of the great hopes for stem cells has been prospect that they might be used to reverse paralysis. Well, now, there is evidence they can. The news involves lab animals, just rats, so far, but its research that may hold out real hope for humans. Here's ABC's Ned Potter. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]