Summary

Description	This Net Science film begins by introducing a child named Sandra with leukemia and following her as she gets routine blood work done. The narrator then explains that scientists are seeking to prove that a virus is the cause of cancer in humans. Doctors Grace and Stuart are called upon to help explain the present knowledge. The narrator explains that cancer is a disease of the cells, and then gives a brief description of cells, and shows through time-lapse photography how normal cells and cancerous cells reproduce differently under a microscope. He then explains what viruses are and what they do. Dr. Stuart explains how she works with diseased cells in plants, and shows how she isolates diseased cells from leaves and then infects healthy leaves to study the disease, and then does the same with cancer in mice. Dr. Grace grows human cancer cells, and conducts experiments similar to Dr. Stuart's, except with monkeys, which he assures the audience are very healthy and treated lovingly. He e
Source	collections.nlm.nih.gov
Author	Grace, James (James Thomas), Stewart, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth), 1906-1977., NET Science (Firm), Roswell Park Memorial Institute.

Licensing

Public Domain

Attribution: Grace, James (James Thomas), Stewart, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth), 1906-1977., NET Science (Firm), Roswell Park Memorial Institute.