Strands of life: 3
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English - September 28, 2011 18:00 - 16 minutes - 182 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingScience nature lindau science medicine scientist biology chemistry physics astronomy neuroscience Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Bench or Bedside? Camelia-Lucia Cimpianu is trying to decide between a career as a researcher or a practising doctor. In this film, she seeks advice from Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad who faced the same dilemma as a medical student in the 1960s. Murad chose the bench, and he subsequently discovered that a gas called nitric oxide (NO) acts as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system. It turns out that NO plays a role in many diseases - and possibly in the head trauma cases that Camelia studies.