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Microscope Imaging Station: Cancer: Cellular Misfits Run Amok -- A Scientist's View (Clip)
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6:50
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How do cancer cells misbehave? Watch and listen as cancer researcher Dr. Thea Tlsty explains how genetic blips turn cancer cells into the rogues they are.
Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: May 18, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
Keywords: cancer, genetics
Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: May 18, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
Keywords: cancer, genetics
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Microscope Imaging Station: Frogs: Princes of Science — A Scientist's View (Clip)
Running Time:
5:49
5:49
From fertilization to pregnancy tests, watch and listen as Xenopus researcher Dr. Thierry Brassac shows how these creatures, with their enormous eggs cells and their acts of metamorphosis, have been helping scientists for centuries.
Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: May 18, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
Keywords: frogs, fertilization, metamorphosis, cell division
Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: May 18, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
Keywords: frogs, fertilization, metamorphosis, cell division
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Microscope Imaging Station: Making Heads and Tails of Planaria — A Scientist's View (Clip)
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6:48
6:48
The water-dwelling planaria can lose its head and regrow a new one. Watch and listen as planaria researcher Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado explains how a little flatworm's might teach us about our own regenerative potential.
Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: May 18, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
Keywords: planaria, regeneration
Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: May 18, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
Keywords: planaria, regeneration
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Microscope Imaging Station: Stem Cells: Cells with Potential — A Scientist's View (Clip)
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Hear stem cell researcher Bruce Conklin explain why this science is important and what it's like to watch newly grown heart cells beat in a culture dish late at night.
Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: May 6, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
Keywords: stem cells, biotechnology
Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: May 6, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
Keywords: stem cells, biotechnology
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Microscope Imaging Station: What's So Interesting About Blood? — A Scientist's View (Clip)
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00:03:45
00:03:45
A tattoo lasts a lifetime, thanks to your white blood cells. Watch and listen as researcher Mike McGrath explains how these warrior cells protect you from disease—and keep body art intact.
Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: April 17, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
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Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: April 17, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
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Microscope Imaging Station: Celebrating The Sea Urchin — A Scientist's View (Clip)
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What's so special about the sea urchin? Watch and listen as urchin researcher Fred Wilt describes the things he and others observe under the microscope.
Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: April 17, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
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Project: Microscope Imaging Station | Browse All
Date: April 17, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Medicine, Chemistry
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SmallTalk: Nature’s Playing Field: Nanotechnology and Medicine (Podcast)
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00:30:48
00:30:48
Dr. Tejal Desai of UCSF talks about the intersection of nanotechnology and medicine, an area of research that has dramatic implications for the future. It could lead to artificially engineered tissues, or more effective drug delivery. It could also result in new kinds of health monitoring devices, as Dr. Thomas Murray, from the Hastings Center, explains.
Project: NISE: SmallTalk | Browse All
Date: May 22, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Medicine
Keywords: biology, medicine, tissues, cell, nanotechnology, nano, dr. tejal desai, dr. thomas murray
Project: NISE: SmallTalk | Browse All
Date: May 22, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Medicine
Keywords: biology, medicine, tissues, cell, nanotechnology, nano, dr. tejal desai, dr. thomas murray
| Links: | Dr. Tejal Desai | Dr. Thomas Murray |
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Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: James Watson (Webcast)
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0:28:42
0:28:42
Dr. James Watson is the President of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the codiscoverer of the double helix, for which he won a Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1962. Dr. Watson was also the first director of the Human Genome Project. He talks with us about early discoveries in molecular biology, the Human Genome Project, and what makes Cold Spring Harbor a unique scientific institution.
Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All
Date: February 28, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Medicine, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: dna, james watson, cold spring harbor laboratory, medicine, double helix, human genome project, molecular biology
Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All
Date: February 28, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Medicine, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: dna, james watson, cold spring harbor laboratory, medicine, double helix, human genome project, molecular biology
Women's Health: Breast Cancer: From Prevention to Mammography (Webcast)
Running Time:
0:59:17
0:59:17
This informative programming includes dispatches from the Young Women's Health Conference, a Webcast on breast cancer, and teen perspectives on pregnancy and gay issues.
Project: The Changing Face of Women's Health Exhibition | Browse All
Date: October 22, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Medicine
Keywords: cancer definition, definition of cancer, cell reproduction, tumor definition, definition of tumor, breast tumors, mammography, breast self examination, breast self-examination, premenopausal mammography, genetics, damaged genes, the role of industry in breast cancer,
Project: The Changing Face of Women's Health Exhibition | Browse All
Date: October 22, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Medicine
Keywords: cancer definition, definition of cancer, cell reproduction, tumor definition, definition of tumor, breast tumors, mammography, breast self examination, breast self-examination, premenopausal mammography, genetics, damaged genes, the role of industry in breast cancer,
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Revealing Bodies: Under the Skin from Museo La Specola (Webcast)
Running Time:
1:04:44
1:04:44
Join us for an interactive webcast that includes a visit to Museo La Specola in Florence, Italy. The museum houses a collection of exquisite life-sized wax medical models that in the late 18th century represented the cutting edge of 3-dimensional imaging technology. We'll also talk with Dr. Hugh Patterson, Chief Anatomy Professor at UCSF, about how today's medical students study anatomy, and with John Murray of 3-D Systems, about the latest developments in solid object imaging.
Project: Revealing Bodies | Browse All
Date: June 24, 2000
Format: Expedition
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Medicine and Anatomy
Keywords: revealing, bodies, 18th century, wax models, florence, italy, la specola, dissection, 3d imaging, body imaging technology
Project: Revealing Bodies | Browse All
Date: June 24, 2000
Format: Expedition
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Medicine and Anatomy
Keywords: revealing, bodies, 18th century, wax models, florence, italy, la specola, dissection, 3d imaging, body imaging technology
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