As the first part of our investigation, the CORONA.FILM prologue will delve into the science behind the pandemic. Starting at the very beginning, we shine a light on the responses. The aim is not to point the finger; our aim is to tell the whole story in all its complexity, as we believe that justice cannot prevail if only one side of the story is told.
At the beginning of the year 2020, a relentless plague sweeps the planet and, as a consequence, a global lockdown is gradually decreed: how did people from very different latitudes, living necessarily very different situations, experience this shared solitude? How did people adapt to the restriction by decree of their personal freedoms and the transformation of many bustling metropolises into ghost cities?
Ashton is part of changing the world just by taking some pills.
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.
Μια ματιά στον ραγδαία εξελισσόμενο κόσμο των ιατρικών συσκευών αποκαλύπτει πώς η βιασύνη για την καινοτομία μπορεί να οδηγήσει σε δυσάρεστες συνέπειες για τους ασθενείς.
Σε αυτό το συνταρακτικό ντοκιμαντέρ, μια 28χρονη διδακτορική φοιτήτρια γυρίζει την κάμερα στον εαυτό της για να καταγράψει τον αγώνα με το σύνδρομο χρόνιας κόπωσης.
Μια αφροαμερικανή γίνεται αθελά της πρωτοπόρος στις ιατρικές ανακαλύψεις όταν τα κύτταρά της χρησιμοποιούνται για να δημιουργηθεί η πρώτη αθάνατη κυτταρική σειρά στις αρχές της δεκατίας του 1950.
When Gordon Gund went blind in 1970 at age 30 due to retinitis pigmentosa, he resolved to find a cure for the disease and created the Foundation Fighting Blindness. After decades of scientific research, a major breakthrough emerged, and this short film showcases the inspirational story of a 17-year-old Belgian boy who is a beneficiary of this work.
Τρελά ερωτευμένη με τον επιστήμονα που μελετά μια πρωτεΐνη που παράγεται από πιγκουίνους, μια συνεσταλμένη φοιτήτρια ιατρικής προσφέρει το σώμα της στην έρευνά του.
A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children tells the inspiring story of Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman, a man with a singular, unwavering focus — to eliminate the diseases of children. From his poverty-stricken youth on the plains of Montana, he came to prevent pandemic flu, develop the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, and invent the first-ever vaccine against human cancer.
Coming in all shapes and sizes, bacteria are present in every corner of the Earth. Their purposes and types are even more diverse, with only 1% being truly harmful. Dive into the world of Bacteria to experience the latest discoveries and scientific knowledge surrounding these plentiful and necessary microbes.
Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). 17 million people around the world suffer from what ME/CFS has been known as a mystery illness, delegated to the psychological realm, until now. A scientist in the only neuro immune institute in the world may have come up with the answer. An important human drama, plays out on the quest for the truth.
The story of Nobel prize nominee Dr Mechoulam from his early days as a child of the Holocaust in Bulgaria, through his immigration to Israel, and his career as the chief investigator into the chemistry and biology of the world's most misunderstood plant. Dr. Mechoulam ascertained that THC interacts with the largest receptor system in the human body, the endocannabinoid system.
To the Least of My Brothers and Sisters is a new documentary on the life of Jerome Lejeune, the Father of Modern Genetics that was made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his death. Filmed on two continents, it contains numerous interviews with former colleagues, families, current medical researchers, and others, all who express the importance of Jerome Lejeune in both the history of medicine and the defense of the dignity of human life.
Hameem Haider is a police officer who meets with an accident while investigating a series of murders and is forced to take a break from his duties. Years later the unsolved murders are picked up by a reality TV show.
Dr Vijay Nambiar (Suresh Gopi) is a famous neurosurgeon. His wife Dr Nalini Nambiar (Abhirami) is a gynecologist in the same hospital. They lead a contented and busy family life. 'Appothikkiri' plots the intriguing issues that affect their life.
Σε ένα δυστοπικό μέλλον, ένας θανατηφόρος ιός έχει εξολοθρεύσει σχεδόν ολοκληρωτικά το ανθρώπινο είδος. Την ίδια στιγμή, ο ευφυής πίθηκος Σίζαρ έχει οργανώσει μια ευημερούσα κοινότητα σε μια δασώδη περιοχή λίγο έξω από το Σαν Φρανσίσκο. Η ξαφνική εμφάνιση μιας ένοπλης ομάδας ανθρώπων στην περιοχή που ελέγχουν οι πίθηκοι θα αλλάξει τις ισορροπίες, βάζοντας φωτιά στις σχέσεις των δύο κοινοτήτων.
Drawing on the book of the same name, League of Denial crafts a searing two-hour indictment of the National Football League’s decades-long concealment of the link between football related head injuries and brain disorders.
On Easter Sunday 2012 the UK's Channel 4 showed a programme entitled Crucifixion in which Gunther von Hagens created his interpretation of the crucifixion of Jesus. The documentary examined the enduring iconic image of the Crucifix. A number of donors were used for the plastination of blood vessels to create the main structure of the body. At the end of the programme von Hagens announced that he did not expect to see the final work of art due to his ill health.