Biotechnology and your health: Pharmaceutical Applications

Sims, Tracey D. (Added Author). Schacter, Bernice Zeldin, 1943- Biotechnology and your health : pharmaceutical applications. (Added Author). Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Added Author). Narrated by Gayle Friedman Gold. (Cast).

Summary: Scientists have come a long, long way since Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin, the wonder drug of the 20th century. This program explains the function of infection-fighting antibiotics; vaccinations and insulin, crucial to the prevention of diseases such as smallpox and the management of diabetes; recombinant drugs, treatments involving genetically engineered DNA; and stem cells, those chameleon-like building blocks of the body. --Container.

Record details

ISBN: 9781608250752
ISBN: 160825075X
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (24 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Hamilton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Pharmaceutical applications" found on disc label and container. Noted in credits : based on the book "Biotechnology and your health : pharmaceutical applications", by Bernice Zeldin Schacter. (Chelsea House Publishers)
Formatted Contents Note:	Chapters : Introduction -- Antibiotics -- Vaccination & Insulin -- Recombinant Drugs -- Stem Cells -- Summary -- Credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography and editor, Curt Massof ; narrator, Gayle Friedman Gold.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Gayle Friedman Gold.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.