Name: First in Human
Released: 2017-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jim Parsons

TV Show · Documentary

From the first use of chemotherapy for cancer, lithium for depression, and immunosuppressive therapy for lupus, NIH'S Building 10 has been at the forefront of the world's medical breakthroughs. First in Human is an unprecedented look inside Building 10, the nation's largest research hospital, where the medicine of tomorrow is made.

2017 · 1h 25m

Starring Jim Parsons

Director John Hoffman

EPISODE 1

Admission

Four patients with serious illnesses arrive at the NIH's Building 10 to enter potentially groundbreaking clinical trials and rest their hopes on the brilliant minds that work there.
EPISODE 2

Treatment

Bo Cooper recovers from a near-death experience; Anita McAlister weighs her treatment options; patients Lucy Wiese and Deidra Williams receive highly experimental bone marrow transplants.
EPISODE 3

Prognosis

All four patients meet with their doctors one last time to learn whether their experimental treatments were successful, and what the future holds for them.