Battling the Bugs
- Synopsis
- One of a series of 13 short films about remarkable scientific discoveries by Nobel prizewinners and their colleagues.
This film looks at Nobel Prizewinners in the fields of disease, bacteria and viruses. Areas covered include the discovery of immunisation and antibiotics; the control of polio, TB and diptheria; how our immune system works; the way sneezes spread diseases; the identification of prions in the brain diseases of BSE and scrapie in animals and kuru and CJD in humans. - Series
- Nobel’s Greatest Hits, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain; Sweden
- Year of release
- 2001
- Year of production
- 2001
- Notes
- Also available on a DVD compilation entitled NOBEL’S GREATEST HITS: MEDICINE
- Subjects
- Biology; Medical sciences
- Keywords
- diseases; Nobel Prize winners
Distribution Formats
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £ 15 per item or £ 100 for the whole set (inclusive)
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 10 minutes
- Year
- 2002
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
York Films of England
- office@yorkfilms.com
- Web
- http://www.yorkfilms.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01303 226 2345
- Fax
- 01303 858 196
- Address
- 23 Bradstone Avenue
Folkestone
Kent
CT19 5AQ - Notes
- York Films specialises in producing science programming for television, particularly space and astronomy, with a strong emphasis on using CGI. Several series are available for sale on DVD on topics including Nobel prizewinners, bee breeding and six programmes on the bicycle.
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