HHMI - Learning From Patients: The science of medicine

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Title: Learning from Patients: The Science of Medicine
By: Dr. Bert Vogelstein and Dr. Huda Y. Zoghbi

Biomedical scientists can gain essential insights from patients that help move their research in new directions. In four lectures, Dr. Bert Vogelstein and Dr. Huda Y. Zoghbi discuss how their patients have led them to a deeper understanding of the genetic and molecular bases of cancer and neurological disorders. Dr. Vogelstein explains our current understanding of the biology of cancer and how scientists are using information about cancer genes to treat and prevent the disease. Dr. Zoghbi recounts the research journeys she took to find the genes associated with two devastating neurological disorders.

Disc 1: Four lectures with animations on cancer and neuroscience.
Disc 2: Special features.