NOVA examines the problem of resistance to antibiotics in the bacteria they are designed to kill. NOVA explores those extraordinary days in 1968-69 when it appeared that everyone with a scalpel was doing heart transplants, and survival of patients was measured in days. Included in the film is extraordinary footage of a mole burrowing and of roots growing. This NOVA docudrama reconstructs her life, told as flashbacks interspersed throughout an interview. Piper Laurie stars as Margaret Sanger.
Experts now believe that the disease is on the verge of extinction.
NOVA looks at the recent success of the World Health Organization's program to eradicate this disease, considered a triumph of western-styled medicine. NOVA looks at the lifestyle of this remarkable survivor from the days when dinosaurs ruled the earth. NOVA penetrates the mystery of the terrifying Bermuda Triangle.