# Computers & Medical Technology

A look at how computer technology is changing medical research and medical practice. Demonstrations include IBM's virtual heart, a software heart simulator used to test heart drugs; HP Labs work in nanotechnology which could lead to tiny objects which go through the blood stream looking for cancer cells; the Sensatex Smart Shirt which can monitor body functions; research at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center on manipulating DNA to cure health problems; and a high school program which teaches students how to do DNA fingerprinting. Guests include Dr. Sharon Nunes, Director of IBM Life Sciences and Dr. Stan Williams, research fellow the nanotechnology program at HP Labs. Originally broadcast in 2001. Copyright 2001 Stewart Cheifet Productions.

- Kind: TV
- Genres: Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/CC1934MEDTECH)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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