The Body’s Secret Army Premieres on Public Television Stations

10/18/2011 8:30 AM EST
Half-hour documentary tells the story of Nobel Prize awarded scientists who have contributed to our understanding of immunology
Every day of our lives, silently and invisibly, our bodies do battle against a never-ending onslaught of hostile forces. Bacteria. Viruses. Microbes of all kinds. Fortunately, we win the lion’s share of these battles. If we didn’t, we’d all die.

The foot soldiers in this daily battle are the microscopic cells and molecules of the body’s immune system. For centuries, its workings were shrouded in mystery. But over the past hundred years, thanks in large part to the groundbreaking discoveries of Nobel Prize-awarded scientists, we have unraveled its basic principles, and learned how to teach it new disease-fighting skills. And in recent years, immunology has made even bolder advances – taking on diseases that once seemed beyond its reach.

The Body’s Secret Army, a new 30-minute documentary from Nobel Media AB, introduces viewers to scientists, doctors,...
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12/22/2011 9:44 AM EST
You can listen to the 2011 Nobel Prize Concert featuring tenor Joseph Calleja. The Concert is held in honour of the Nobel Laureates.
12/20/2011 8:47 AM EST
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12/16/2011 9:02 AM EST
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates tell their stories in a new documentary called 'Women of Peace'.
12/16/2011 7:58 AM EST
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12/12/2011 9:01 AM EST
2011 Nobel Lecture from Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Dan Shechtman, "Quasi-periodic Materials – a Paradigm Shift in Crystallography."
12/12/2011 8:50 AM EST
2011 Nobel Lecture from Nobel Laureate in Physics, Brian P. Schmidt, "The Path to Measuring Cosmic Acceleration."
12/12/2011 8:45 AM EST
2011 Nobel Lecture in Medicine on behalf of the late Ralph M. Steinman, "Ralph Steinman and the Discovery of Dendritic Cells."
12/12/2011 8:42 AM EST
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12/12/2011 8:41 AM EST
Nobel Lecture from Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Jules A. Hoffmann, "Evolutionary Perspectives of Innate Immunity: Studies with Drosophila."
12/12/2011 5:01 AM EST
The video of the 2011 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm from 10 December is now available and includes the opening presentation, speeches and the Nobel Laureates as they receive their medal and diploma from the hands of the King.
12/12/2011 5:01 AM EST
The video of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo from 10 December is now available and includes the opening presentation, music and Nobel Lectures by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman.
12/9/2011 11:15 AM EST
Prize Lecture by Laureate in Economic Sciences, Thomas J. Sargent , "United States Then, Europe Now".
12/9/2011 11:14 AM EST
Nobel Lecture from Nobel Laureate in Physics, Adam G. Riess, "Supernovae Reveal an Accelerating Universe".
12/9/2011 11:14 AM EST
Watch the Nobel Lecture from Nobel Laureate in Physics, Saul Perlmutter, "Measuring the Acceleration of the Cosmic Expansion Using Supernovae".
12/9/2011 11:13 AM EST
Tomorrow, 10 December, watch the live webcast of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 4:20 p.m. –6:00 p.m. Central European Time.
12/9/2011 11:12 AM EST
Tomorrow, 10 December, watch the live webcast of the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony at the Oslo City Hall, 12:50 p.m. –3:15 p.m. Central European Time.
12/9/2011 10:22 AM EST
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12/9/2011 10:09 AM EST
Watch this interview with 2011 Nobel Laureates in Physics, Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess where they discuss reactions to their discovery "of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae".
12/9/2011 8:35 AM EST
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12/8/2011 8:05 AM EST
In this interview on 6 December 2011 with Laureates in Economic Sciences, Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims, they explain what life has been like for them since the announcement of the award was made and they comment upon the different interview situations they have experienced.
12/8/2011 7:54 AM EST
In this interview, Dan Shechtman, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, recalls the span of reactions to his discovery, good and bad.
12/8/2011 3:01 AM EST
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12/5/2011 10:46 AM EST
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11/21/2011 8:21 AM EST
If you are in Sweden, please join us for the 2011 Nobel Prize Concert on 8 December in Stockholm, featuring the tenor Joseph Calleja. Tickets are still available.
11/14/2011 8:28 AM EST
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10/10/2011 7:06 AM EST
The 2011 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded jointly to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy"
10/7/2011 8:34 AM EST
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women & for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work".
10/6/2011 7:15 AM EST
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Tomas Tranströmer, "because, through his condensed, transluscent images, he gives us fresh access to reality".
10/5/2011 5:27 AM EST
The 2011 NobelPrize in Chemistry is awarded to Daniel Shechtman "for the discovery of quasicrystals".
10/4/2011 5:49 AM EST
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae" with one half to Saul Perlmutter and the other half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess.

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