Exploring Biodiversity: The Search for New Medicines

Synopsis: What medical secrets do venomous snails hold? How can listening in on bacterial conversations help develop new antibiotics? In four lectures given in the 2009 Holiday Lectures series, Dr. Bonnie L. Bassler and Dr. Baldomero M. Olivera reveal how a deeper understanding of nature and biodiversity informs their research into new medicines.

The DVD set includes detailed chapter search by scientific topic; direct access to animations; English subtitles; interviews with the speakers; special features on symbiotic bioluminescence, seashell taxonomy, and Philippine maritime culture; a discussion on biodiversity and conservation featuring Dr. E. O. Wilson and Dr. Eric Chivian; and a story on Dr. Bassler from NOVA scienceNOW.
Series: Holiday Lectures, Series
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2009
Subjects: Biology; Medical sciences
Keywords: biodiversity; medicines

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Notes: Programmes on biomedical and scientific topics including biodiversity, the human brain, AIDS, genetics, and human weight regulation are supplied free on DVD, and a much larger range of videos, animations, lectures and virtual laboratories are available online via the Biointeractive section of the website http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/.

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