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New! Rise of the Superbugs
Item# 53078
© 2012
43 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-885-8
Before the advent of antibiotics in the 1930s it was not uncommon for people to die of pneumonia or appendicitis, and medical procedures we now take for granted were impossible to perform due to the r...
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Virus vs. Bacteria: A Way Out of the Antibiotics Crisis?
Item# 49667
© 2012
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-642-0
For decades, experts have been warning about the growing resistance to antibiotics. Could a rarely discussed alternative hold the answer to the crisis? Phage therapy—the use of viruses which attack an...
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Building the Perfect Bug: Virology, Rogue Science, and Bioterrorism
Item# 49267
© 2012
26 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-631-4
Why did Dutch virologist Ron Fouchier and his team of researchers purposely engineer a lethal, airborne bird flu virus? That’s the first of many questions raised in this timely, eye-opening investigat...
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Seven Wonders of the Microbe World Video Clip Collection
Item# 48995
© 2012
26 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-224-8
What are microbes, scientifically speaking, and are they our friends? Our enemies? Or is “it’s complicated” the best way to describe the relationship? Organized into seven concise segments, each focus...
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After Life: The Strange Science of Decay
Item# 52431
© 2011
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-263-4
Imagine an average family kitchen. The fridge and cupboards are well stocked. There are flowers on the table. There's even a dead mouse on the counter and flies gathering above the fruit bowl. Over a...
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Bugs, Bones, and Botany: The Science of Crime
Item# 47973
© 2010
44 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-660-0
In an empty warehouse, a dispute between two shady characters leads to murder. The only witnesses: a half-dozen houseflies, a few blades of grass tracked in from outside, and a nearly invisible coatin...
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The Drake Equation: The Search for Life beyond Earth
Item# 43761
© 2010
64 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-715-4
Is it possible that there are more than 10,000 advanced civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy alone? The formula known as the Drake Equation posits just that. In this program, astrophysicist and SETI...
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New to Our Collection! The Virus Hunters: National Geographic Explorer
Item# 52880
© 2009
50 Min.
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On the front lines of the hunt for killer viruses, a shocking discovery is made: viruses, once thought to be a menace to humankind, may in fact be the ultimate creators. Since the beginning of time, t...
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Breaking the Wall of Expensive Vaccines: How Automated Carbohydrate Chemistry Can Save a Life for One Euro
Item# 49422
© 2009
14 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-483-9
In a world threatened by infectious diseases, how can we make vaccines more affordable? If we want to understand the workings of the body's immune response, we need to decode molecules: oligosaccharid...
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Virus Hunters
Item# 41953
© 2009
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61616-910-7
This Explorer program investigates a provocative theory which suggests that all forms of life—including humans—are descended from viruses. Respected virologist Dr. Luis Villarreal explains his virus-c...
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