The world's most extraordinary people. Episode 6, Discovery

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Full Title:: The world's most extraordinary people. Episode 6, Discovery / producer directors, Emma Hatherley, Kate Pringle ; produced and directed by Graham Russell ; BBC Studios ; BBC Scotland
Series Titles:: Academic Video Online

Additional Author/Creators:: Russell, Graham (Television producer and director), director and producer
Hatherley, Emma, director and producer
Pringle, Kate, director and producer
BBC Worldwide Ltd, film distributor
BBC Studios, production company
BBC Scotland, production company

Subjects:: Abnormalities, Human
Diseases--Research
Medical care--Research
Health--Research

Summary:: How might rare medical conditions be a force for good? This probing documentary reveals the extraordinary people who are helping international scientists make medical breakthroughs. A woman who can smell Parkinson's disease helps doctors find a new way to diagnose this debilitating condition. A pioneering stem cell trial provides hope for those with multiple sclerosis. And a patient's inability to sense pain inspires a new generation of pain relief. The World's Most Extraordinary People meets the scientists and patients at the heart of these stories - and takes us right to the edge of scientific understanding. In this episode, Weston uncovers the cases of an engineer who fixed his own heart, a toddler whose bones were repaired before he was even born, and a girl whose immune system attacked her own brain. We meet a man who can taste words and find out how his condition is helping develop new ways to enable blind people to navigate and even recognize colors. And we encounter a man who was immobilized by MS but can now cycle and scuba-dive thanks to a pioneering new treatment that has reversed his disease.
Language:: English
Language Note:: In English.
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (52 minutes)
General Note:: Title from resource description page (viewed April 12, 2019).