…are destroyed. New drugs trials in Colombia, the USA and Europe are showing startling success in reducing beta amyloid, the protein which is a hallmark of the disease. It is…
Pain, Pus and Poison
…drugs. episodes: 01. Pain Pain has a profound effect on our bodies – when we are experiencing it, millions of nerve cells deep within our brains are firing, telling us…
Big Pharma: Gaming the System
…minutes) | SOURCE: DW description: In the last 10 years, the landscape of the pharmaceutical industry has changed. A handful of multinationals control the manufacture of most of the drugs….
Penn & Teller – Bullshit!
…ESP. Other episodes cover social issues such as the War on Drugs, organic food, animal rights, gun control, and environmentalism. Penn & Teller approach the topics in the manner of…
The Human Trafficking Mafia
…criminal has brought hundreds of Vietnamese from Lithuania to Berlin via Warsaw on behalf of the Vietnamese mafia. He says: “Whether it’s human trafficking or drugs, it’s all the same…
Cannabis: Miracle Medicine or Dangerous Drug?
…controversial drugs, Horizon investigates the very latest medical and scientific research into the effects of cannabis on the brain and the body. Medicinal cannabis became legal in the UK on…
The World According to Lance
…Lance Armstrong maintains he has never used performance enhancing drugs. He claims he has never tested positive in hundreds of drug tests. Many who know him well now say he…
Online Doctors Uncovered
…the Care Quality Commission issued a warning about the risks of buying drugs prescribed by doctors online. The programme discovers opiate-based painkillers and slimming tablets being sold to potentially vulnerable…
Colour: The Spectrum of Science
…that previously had only been possible after death. Today those same x-rays allow us to examine life at the atomic level, helping to develop new drugs and better materials. Ultimately,…
An Introduction to Infectious Diseases
…them, and the drugs to treat them. 06. Antibiotics: A Modern Miracle Lost? Trace the history of antibiotic development and explore how the eight classes of antibiotics attack bacterial infections….
Blood Business
…knows no bounds.” WHO spokesperson Plasma, the vital blood component used by pharmaceutical companies to create expensive therapeutic drugs, is like liquid gold. “This is America. Everything is a big…
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: How Life Works
…agent ricin so deadly. Close by investigating techniques to create biological drugs on demand. 32. Protein-Synthesis Controls and Epigenetics Explore the controls that determine which genes are expressed at a…