Chasing The Cure

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Season 1

These researchers are looking for treatments for widespread killers-heart disease, cancer, bacterial poisoning. In the next 20 years, their findings will change the face of medicine.

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S1 E1 - Dr. Michael Hayden: A Passion for Discovery
November 7, 2002
47min
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Dr. Michael Hayden retraces the path that took him from the back roads of South Africa to the leading edge of genetic research.
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S1 E2 - Dr. Freda Miller: Biology of Hope
November 14, 2002
47min
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If there is someone with whom we can trust the future of "cells as medicine" it's Dr. Freda Miller.
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S1 E3 - Dr. Brett Finlay: Man Against Microbe
November 21, 2002
47min
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Emphasizes the countless numbers of germs surrounding us, from Walkerton to the chicken we buy in the stores. It carries us to the elite hallways of science conferences and granting schmoozefests.
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S1 E4 - Dr. Brenda Gallie: Woman of Vision
November 28, 2002
47min
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Patients and their families recount how Dr. Gallie saved their sight and their lives, even referring to her as a "candidate for sainthood.
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