Virus Season 1 · Episode 7

Killers and Carcinogens

12th February 1960 29 mins Season 1 Episode 7

Discuses virus diseases. Reviews the known viral diseases and the development of vaccination. Explains how a polio virus attacks a cell. Analyzes the activity of viruses, which cause cancer in animal cells. Demonstrates how virus cultures can be grown and used for inoculation. Concludes by discussing cures for viral diseases.

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Season 1 · Episode 8

Cancer

Discusses the relationship between viruses and cancer. Explains how viruses can cause cancers in animals and why it is believed they may be responsible for cancer in humans. Concludes by summarizing the important known facts about viruses. Indicates directions which future research in virology might take.

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Robley C. William

Self – Narrator

Wendell M. Stanley