Infectious Diseases - 2000 and Beyond: Confronting the Microbe Menace

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Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: BioInteractive Label: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Manufacturer: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Model: 1999 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Region Code: 1 Running Time: 240 Studio: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Editorial Reviews: Sophisticated new techniques in molecular biology are allowing scientists to understand, combat, and prevent the spread of infectious diseases. In four lectures, Dr. Donald E. Ganem and Dr. B. Brett Finlay describe the latest advances in understanding how pathogens invade the body and how this knowledge is leading to the development of new therapies. They also explain how new infectious diseases are recognized and how epidemics arise. The lectures feature scientific animations, demonstrations, and student question-and-answer sessions. DVD includes detailed chapter search by scientific topic, direct access to animations and demonstrations, English subtitles, interview with speakers, and speakers biographies. Presented at HHMIs 1999 Holiday Lectures on Science. Lecture time approx. 240 min.