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Malaria Natural Selection and New Medicine
Title
Malaria [electronic resource (video)] : Natural Selection and New Medicine / American Museum of Natural History.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012], c2010.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (8 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 10, 2012.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
The malaria parasite and its human hosts are locked in an evolutionary arms race. The parasite kills more than a million people every year. Humans fight back with gradual genetic adaptation and better drugs. The parasite then adapts and displays drug resistance. In this science bulletin, immunologist Dyann Wirth and her team at the Harvard School of Public Health study the evolutionary adaptations of Senegalese people and their malaria parasites in the field and in the lab. The scientists are seeking signs of natural selection at a molecular level to help fight malaria in a smarter way.
Variant and related titles
Natural Selection and New Medicine
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: American Museum of Natural History, 2010.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
6 & up.
Contents
Malaria: Drug Resistance (3:34)
Genetic Changes (0:51)
Mutations in Human Genome (1:53)
Humans vs. Parasites (1:30)
Credits: Malaria: Natural Selection and New Medicine (0:18)
Videorecording number
47562 Infobase
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
American Museum of Natural History.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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