Scientists have come a long, long way since Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin, the wonder drug of the 20th century. This program explains the function of infection-fighting antibiotics; vaccinations and insulin, crucial to the prevention of diseases such as smallpox and the management of diabetes; recombinant drugs, treatments involving genetically engineered DNA; and stem cells, those chameleon-like building blocks of the body. --Container.

CIRC # 210\. Noted in credits : based on the book "Biotechnology and your health : pharmaceutical applications", by Bernice Zeldin Schacter. (Chelsea House Publishers).

Chapters : Introduction -- Antibiotics -- Vaccination & Insulin -- Recombinant Drugs -- Stem Cells -- Summary -- Credits.