Hilleman
Subtitle: a perilous quest to save the world's children
By: A Medical History Pictures production ; produced by Gloria C. Lewis ; written by Donald Rayne Mitchell, Paul A. Offit, M.D. ; directed by Donald Rayne Mitchell
Contributors: Wechsler, Steven; Spector, Morgan, narrator
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Subjects: Vaccines; Virologists; History
Description: From poverty-stricken youth on the plains of Montana, Maurice Hilleman emerged to prevent pandemic flu, invent the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, and develop the first-ever vaccine against human cancer. Responsible for more than half of the vaccines children receive today. Hilleman's legacy has enabled us to live 30 years longer than we used to.
Notes: "The vaccine makers project"--Back of container.

Special features 9 revealing animations: How viruses attack cells -- How antibodies work -- How viruses reproduce -- The innate immune system -- The adaptive immune system -- How influenza virus changes -- How scientists make live viral vaccines -- How hepatitis B combats the immune system -- Using genetic engineering to make vaccines.

Narrator: Morgan Spector.

In English.

Best Documentary Scinema 2016.