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Typhoid Mary: We talk about her as if she weren't real. But she was. And she was imprisoned against her will - without trial - for decades. Mary Mallon was a young Irish woman trying to make her way in America, doing the best she could at the only job she knew - cooking. Her specialty was frozen desserts - and New York's finest families competed for her skills. She was also an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid, a bacterial disease transmitted through contaminated water or food. When an epidemic o

Cracking the Code of Life is a NOVA episode that chronicles the history of the Human Genome Project. Robert Krulwich hosts, narrates, and interviews Celera's Craig Ventner, NIH head Francis Collins, and MIT's Eric Lander in a series of compelling segments. Students will be taken in by segments featuring families facing Tay-Sachs disease, familial breast cancer, and other inherited disorders. They will also be face with the potential problems of our new abilities to understand and control our ow

Classic Secrets of the Dead episode! There's a direct genetic connection between survivors of 14th century plague epidemics and modern people who are resistant to HIV. This episode tells the story of a modern-day detective tale which combines epidemiology, modern DNA analysis, and old fashioned detective work. The video is available on YouTube, Vimeo, and from online retailors. More info: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/mystery-black-death-background/1488/

For many years Dr. Judah Folkman led the search for a new approach to cancer treatment. Rather than use conventional therapies which attempt to kill tumors with radiation, chemicals, or surgery, Dr. Folkman looked for a way to pinpoint tumors and starve them of their blood supply. The treatments developed are called angiostatin drugs. The Cancer Warrior is as much a beautiful story about how science works as it is about the courage shown by patients, their families, and researchers tirelessly