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AIDS: Quest for a Cure

Synopsis
By the end of the century 15-20 million people will be infected by HIV. Unless scientists find a cure, all these people will die from AIDS. British scientists have now created a compound that stops the AIDS virus growing without killing human cells. Butyl-DNJ, resulting from advances in glycobiology, the science of sugars, has been developed by Professor Raymond Dwek of Oxford University, Dr Linda Fellows, a plant biologist at Kew Gardens, and Dr Abraham Karpas, a leading virologist. But it is too early to say whether the drug will be efective.
Series
Horizon, Series
Language
English
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production
1990
Availability
Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes
Broadcast on BBC 2 on 25 June 1990.
Subjects
Medical sciences
Keywords
AIDS; glycobiology; HIV

Credits

Producer
Sean McPhilemy; Tessa Livingstone
Cast
Abraham Karpas 
Linda Fellows 
Prof Dwek 

Production Company

Name

Box Productions

Sponsor

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact
Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email
BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web
https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address
BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes
The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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