Battling the bug.
Amidst an engaging and entertaining mix of vox pops from students and several seriously funny videos may by young people with Swine Flu, Battling the Bug includes four top UK scientists who are playing an international role in the battle against the Swine Flu pandemic threat. Contributors include Dr...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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[England] :
Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education,
2009.
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| Series: | Education in video
Swine flu |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Amidst an engaging and entertaining mix of vox pops from students and several seriously funny videos may by young people with Swine Flu, Battling the Bug includes four top UK scientists who are playing an international role in the battle against the Swine Flu pandemic threat. Contributors include Dr. Othmar Engelhardt a scientist at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (an HPA affiliated lab) who helped crack the genetic code of the current virus and develop a Swine Flu vaccine. Dr. Tarit Mukhopadhyay is a bio-chemical engineer at UCL advising the government on the most efficient methods for producing vast amounts of vaccine as quickly as possible. Professor Wendy Barclay of Imperial College, London is an influenza specialist who is on constant lookout for Swine Flu virus mutations, and Professor Neil Ferguson at the Medical Research Council is one of the world's top advisors and biological modellers who predicts the potential impact of the pandemic. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (17 min.). |