Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Data

Track the importance of data mapping and analysis in the quest to improve public health. The painstaking work of past data detectives made us aware of epidemic "curves" as well as the extent of health inequalities among different U.S. communities.

Data

53m 6s

Track the importance of data mapping and analysis in the quest to improve public health. The painstaking work of past data detectives made us aware of epidemic "curves" as well as the extent of health inequalities among different U.S. communities.

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  • Alexander Fleming's Messy Desk Leads to a Major Discovery: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Alexander Fleming's Messy Desk Leads to a Major Discovery

    S1 E3 - 4m 58s

    Alexander Fleming's untidy desk becomes the key to a major scientific breakthrough when a particle of bacteria from his laboratory floats onto a petri dish on a desk in his study. This accident in a petri dish leads to his discovery that naturally-occurring mold could be a bacteria killer, setting the stage for the invention of penicillin further down the line.

  • How Gertrude Elion Became a Pioneer of Modern Medicine: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Gertrude Elion Became a Pioneer of Modern Medicine

    S1 E3 - 5m 3s

    Gertrude Elion and George Hitchings were a drug-making dream team. They built highly efficient, targeted synthetic drugs to perform specific tasks. Elion and her team built a new antiviral drug in the 1970s to treat herpes, ushering in a new age of medicine and paving the way for designer drugs that could treat a huge range of illnesses.

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