Scope and Contents From the box - "Ushered in by antibiotics and vaccines, the age of scientific medicine has promised drugs that can cure diseases without harmful side effects.  Is the myth of finding the "magic bullet" for every disease really diverting us from primary care? Explore these and other hard questions that doctors and patients are asking about our current view of medicine.  Learn why new drugs perfected in the lab don't always deliver what they promise in the real world.  And meet the doctors and...

Scope and Contents From the box - "As most of the medical profession increasingly focuses on the social and cultural contexts of illness, why is Western psychiatry turning more to "hard" science and the biomedical model?  Trce the troubled history of psychiatric medicine and learn why, despite the development of powerful drug therapies, schizophrenia continues to confound the psychiatric profession.  Travel to New York City, Italy and India to view the dramatic differences in the ways these cultures treat...

Scope and Contents From the box - "Spurred by the worldwide devastation of AIDS, health care providers at all levels are learning to go beyond the walls of the hospital to respond to the social conditions that cause disease.  See some of these new approaches in action, and meet the pioneering doctors and healers who are: Controlling the spread of AIDS in Sydney, Australia by seeking out at-risk youth on the streets; Creating innovative outreach programs to deliver health care to the homeless in Miami; and...

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This collection contains a large variety of media materials, including news reports, interviews with staff, press conferences, lab footage, symposia, meetings, and others. Formats include VHS, audio cassette, BetaCam, DVD, CD, and others. The majority of the materials were created during the years of the Human Genome Project (1990-2003) but also include more recent materials.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a large variety of media materials, including news reports, interviews with staff, press conferences, lab footage, symposia, meetings, and others. Formats include VHS, audio cassette, BetaCam, DVD, CD, and others. The majority of the materials were created during the years of the Human Genome Project (1990-2003) but also include more recent materials.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a large variety of media materials, including news reports, interviews with staff, press conferences, lab footage, symposia, meetings, and others. Formats include VHS, audio cassette, BetaCam, DVD, CD, and others. The majority of the materials were created during the years of the Human Genome Project (1990-2003) but also include more recent materials.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a large variety of media materials, including news reports, interviews with staff, press conferences, lab footage, symposia, meetings, and others. Formats include VHS, audio cassette, BetaCam, DVD, CD, and others. The majority of the materials were created during the years of the Human Genome Project (1990-2003) but also include more recent materials.

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Dr Kenneth Culver working with mice in lab, explaining the experiment to shrink tumors in mice and how it will be used to treat human brain tumors using herpes virus;  

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The Human Genome Project video with audio in Spanish.  Animation of DNA, chromosomes

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Documentary on Cystic Fibrosis - starts with camp for kids with CF; explanation of disease; treatment for kids with CF; kids and young adults living with CF