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The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer, Jim Allison: Breakthrough is an homage to an unconventional superhero — a pioneering, harmonica-playing...
Oct 22, 2018 · Allison’s breakthrough was the discovery of a sort of secret handshake that cancer uses to evade the immune system, and a means to block that handshake—what the Nobel committee hailed as “a...
Sep 27, 2019 · Jim Allison: Breakthrough: Directed by Bill Haney. With Jim Allison, Sharon Belvin, Eric Benson, Woody Harrelson. Renegade Texan scientist Jim Allison devotes his life work to find a cure for cancer after the disease takes the life of his mother.
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- Documentary
- Bill Haney
- 2019-09-27
In 2018, Jim Allison won the Nobel Prize for discovering the immune system’s role in defeating cancer, but his lengthy journey to get there was filled with barriers and criticism. Premiering ...
- 31 sec
- 5.3K
- PBS
Dec 4, 2019 · Watch trailer. Genres: Documentary. Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes. Subtitles: 8 languages + Show. Availability: Limited + Show. Today, Jim Allison is a name to be reckoned with throughout the scientific world, holding a 2018 Nobel Prize for discovering the immune system’s role in defeating cancer.
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- Giant Pictures
This is the astounding true story of one warm-hearted, stubborn man's visionary quest to find a cure for cancer. Today, Jim Allison is a name to be reckoned with throughout the scientific world...
Jim Allison: Breakthrough is the astounding, true story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer.