First in Human: The Trials of Building 10
The National Institute of Health's Building 10 -- aka "America's Hospital" -- is the largest research-only hospital in the world. Specializing in advanced clinical trials and housing the Undiagnosed Disease Program, patients from all over the world apply to be treated there as a last resort when no other doctor can help them. This groundbreaking series captures the stories of the doctors, researches, staff and patients that have put their faith into this remarkable facility.
Episodes
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Admission
Four patients with serious illnesses arrive at NIH's Building 10 to enter potentially groundbreaking clinical trials. The patients resting their hopes for a cure at this brilliant facility include a firefighter battling leukemia, a mother with metastatic melanoma overtaking her body, a woman fighting sickle cell disease and a little girl with Job's syndrome.
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Treatment
While a leukemia patient recovers from a near-death experience, a woman battling metastatic melanoma weighs her treatment options. Meanwhile, a woman fighting sickle-cell disease and a little girl with Job's syndrome receive highly experimental bone marrow transplants.
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Prognosis
Patients with leukemia, metastatic melanoma, sickle-cell disease and Job's syndrome meet with their doctors one last time. After receiving a variety of treatments, it's time to learn whether or not the experimental procedures were successful and what the future holds for them.