When the bomb goes off there'll be a thousand mutations! Andromeda will spread everywhere! They'll never be rid of it!

Dr. Jeremy Stone in "
The Andromeda Strain"

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Arrowsmith (1931) Bioethical issues

Arrowsmith faces a difficult bioethical decision. The effectiveness of the cure against plague should be tested by an experiment. But this time the experimental subjects are others.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Arrowsmith (1931). Plague Outbreak

This cut shows the trip of a disease from one part of the world (Asia) to the other (Caribean Islands) by sea transport.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Arrowsmith (1931) Discovering bacteriophages

After two years of fruitless research, Arrowsmith thinks that he had a jackpot. Something kills the bacteria. But deception awaits.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Arrowsmith (1931) New lab

At last, Arrowsmith has a position as a scientific researcher. Now, he has a new Laboratory with state of the art technology. Here he meet again with his mentor.


Thursday, November 4, 2010

Arrowsmith (1931). Experimental design

In the fourth cut, Arrowsmith shows his happines because he can made "Science!". He wants to develop a cure against Blackleg disease, but how?.

In the video there is a couple of questions to be answer by the students.


Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Arrowsmith (1931). Conference about microbiology

In this third cut, Arrowsmith goes to a conference where a doctor gives a pasionate talk about "microbe hunters" and "doctor-soldiers".


Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Arrowsmith (1931). Infant Diphtheria

In this second cut, Arrowsmith is a rural doctor that has to face its first case of child's diphtheria.

2.- Infant diphtheria