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The Winners Guide To The Nobel Prize
27 Mar 2010
The film accompanies Australian scientists Barry Marshall and Robin Warren to Stockholm to collect the 2005 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. The nature and significance of their discovery that stomach ulcers are caused by helicobacter pylori is discussed as well.
National Curriculum Year 9
Roos May Hold Key To Blocking Skin Cancers
01 Dec 2009
The article reports on the investigations of a team of scientists from Australia and Austria into an enzyme present in kangaroos that appears to repair damage to their DNA caused by UV rays. They are investigating whether a cream containing such an enzyme is a feasible solution for the prevention...
National Curriculum Year 10
Universal Flu Vaccine
02 Jul 2009
The worldwide spread of Swine Flu in 2009 has seen scientists from around the world working overtime to develop an effective vaccine. The problem is that this vaccine may be effective for only one flu season. The program investigates the work of some Australian immunologists who are working around...
National Curriculum Year 9
Dr Alex Veldman
15 Apr 2010
The program profiles the working life of Dr Alex Veldman who is based at Monash Hospital in Melbourne as a neonatologist for 60% of his time and as a scientist for 40% of his time. The program shows how he worked collaboratively and applied new scientific knowledge to overcome significant...
National Curriculum Year 9
School Of Hard Knocks
15 Apr 2010
A research team of neurologists from Boston University has been investigating the long term effects of multiple concussions and sub-concussive injuries sustained during contact sport. Their findings are changing the rules of contact sports.
National Curriculum Year 9
Fab Fibre
15 Apr 2010
A research team from the Garvan Institute in Sydney has recently published research findings that connect diet and intestinal bacteria with healthier immune systems. The program examines this link and possible inflammatory diseases that might be treated by a change in diet. The experiences of a...
National Curriculum Year 10
Dengue Mozzie
03 Sep 2009
The program investigates the research project of a team of Queensland scientists who have come up with a new way of stopping the spread of Dengue fever in Australia and other countries. The program provides background information about the cause of Dengue fever, its symptoms and effects and some...
National Curriculum Year 9
Complex Pain
09 Jul 2010
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome [CRPS] is a condition where pain never goes away after an injury and may even get worse. The pain becomes a disease in its own right. It is a severe neurological disorder. The program investigates this disease by interviewing two people affected, and exploring the...
National Curriculum Year 9
Charcot-Marie-Tooth [Cmt] Disease
28 May 2010
Dr Maryanne Demasi reports on a research project at the Children's Hospital where a new treatment for a genetic neurological disorder, CMT disease, is being trialed. This project has developed from a research finding in France where mice with the disease responded to treatment with ascorbic acid...
National Curriculum Year 9
Associate Professor Liz Harry
27 Aug 2009
The program catches up with the winner of the 2002 Eureka Prize for Scientific Research, Associate Professor Liz Harry now working at the University of Technology, Sydney, and looks at the effect this award has had on her professional life. The award was for her work on bacterial division. Since...
National Curriculum Year 9
