to reveal that so world, why did the us government suddenly shut down project cassandra in 2016? 03 thought documentary series on ma skiing has paula stats may 4th on d. w. the more and more children and young people who has been diagnosed with cancer are surviving it. according to the world health organization, for out of 5 children cannot be cured. a lot of current research is trying to home in on white standard therapy. don't help them care and why they don't respond to 1st line treatment at a pediatric kansas center and southern germany. experts are working on new ways to help pick exactly the right medication for their young patients. that story and much more this week on dw science program. welcome to tomorrow. today

watching i coach at play. you'd have no idea that he's fighting a deadly disease. every day. it all began a year ago. his family was taking a holiday and the boy drifted off to sleep on his mother's stomach and in constant, okay. he had his head tilting thought tight, this is an an this thing of really po, down like an egg. as soon as we tell him that that's not normal, comes in coming onto the cook. so we headed straight to a hospital and 100 invitation. i did an online and then said he had cancer. it was like the end of the world for us that i could. ready first from the rear form of pediatric cancer, because as tumor couldn't be removed surgically, the doctors immediately started a 1st course of chemotherapy and not us name. your life changes really fast. one minute everything's fine, and if you have a healthy child, then everything changes. let's test this diagnosis and you have to get through it

where you have no other choice are. more than 2000 children and germany are diagnosed with cancer every year. at the hop children's cancer center in heidelberg, all of that has a project that gives hope to young patients. if it's 20 percent that can uh, for 20 percent of our child patients, we don't currently have any effective therapies available so entirely. so that's partly due to the fact of kansas in children. another lessons are different significantly from those in adults. dorothy funding dis of oxygen i just what i mean is that drugs which have mainly been developed for adults, a box on no longer seem to be transferred $1.00 to $1.00 to children these days or 2 of a cognizant. the 1st course of chemotherapy failed and i could condition grew worse before long. he could hardly breathe at night. and matego must, here's what the m r i showed us some push and everything that's larger in color here is the concept of input from the image. everything looked closed out of this,

it was like a rope around his neck. he was already getting it through a hole, 2 or 3 millimeters lying and mutual as far as for some animals. when they put him down to sleep, they had to give them adrenalin cortisone to open up his airway and the state told us that it was so tight he just had to bring the wrong ones. and that would be a cash offer in nevada. i could urgently needed a drug to stop the tumor that there was no treatment for his cancer that could guarantee success. still his family refused to give up and were supported by a dedicated doctor in mines whole. so i talked to, she just kept on fighting. and she said, we call and given now we have to do more surgery to get it cuz she said we'd take another biopsy and send it to heidelberg to see what might help. there's some kind of tumors. samples from all over europe are sent the heidelberg and behind every one of them is a child with cancer. the children all need an effective treatment. yep, no to cancer's right. done to call. the researchers analyze each tumors

characteristics as precisely as possible. they search for its unique weak spots looking for clues that might tell them how best to attack it. there are hundreds of potentially effective therapies on the market, but most of them were developed for adults to find out whether they could also help a child miniature tumors or cultivated from the children's cancer samples incubators, like this house around $1000.00, many tumors per child. a 1000 guinea pigs age exposed to a particular cancer drug on behalf of a young patient maybe coming out program help pinpointing the right medication for the patients from a wide range of possibilities. individual inputs, it definitely steve, also called mosquito the machine uses, need those to dispense the cancer drive. 80 different active compounds are dripped onto the grid plate and 5 concentrations each well. and the plate contains

a mini tumor which is treated for 3 days. the officer, the drugs have being dispensed. we look at whether the mini team is dying. we want to see the cancer cells react and find out which drugs they react to. we've tried the cells and when the sample tends green, we know the cells are starting to die. that's when a drug zeros are interest. to see it. that way, many different substances can be tested simultaneously from a multitude of choices. the doctors can then select promising candidates and exclude therapies that aren't likely to help me to come at and testing our drug program is in the late experimental phase of them and to 5, we successfully completed a 3 year pause face and sort of patients can benefit from it, because in those puts in the form that we haven't systematically evaluate today

a large number of patients. yeah. and on this and i was on size one percent this too much. remember, this sensitivity profiling helped i codes on college just in mines, choose a truck that's normally used to treat melanoma. they already noticed the difference after the 1st day of treatment. and now i could, can finally brief freely again during the testing and heidelberg, the medication was very effective on the many tumors derived from codes, cancer tissue. the drug sensitivity profiling process worked initially as big as a tangerine i codes tumor has now shrunk to the size of a razor and get sofa is doing great feed, a place. he runs around lives. his life. i live, he doesn't have breathing problems anymore. i mean, honestly, just better who is on the phone to the us. it's like, if things stay like this, he has a child to live life who is the 1st child in germany, who's doing well with this type of tumor. so his story provides hope for other

young cancer patients who might be saved by the drug profiling process. and how old are the relatives to care along with dedicated medical staff and doctors can help mitigate the effects of cancer and accelerate the healing process. and a quick return to health relies in no small part on the atmosphere in award. when it comes to architecture, most clinic sacrifice aesthetics to folks from function. but with the right planning, the to can go hand in hand. an innovative hospital shows how the lots of wood and glass and an outdoorsy field that continues into the interior. it's a building that seems to breed more than 20 years ago. so it's based architectural firm helps. so again, to more on designed rehab bozza,

the client had one main request. the building had to function as a hospital wasn't supposed to feel like one over 2 decades later, the architect in charge of the project coasting have been sprung up handle hospitals, current directors, stuff on bachman. take a stroll through the light field building. there's little bits reminiscent of an ordinary hospital. it doesn't smell like one, and there are no confusing signs here. as i said, the cost came with us. the devices that will have more about one of the big issues . most hospitals have long corridors lined with doors failed and you're usually guided to where you're going with arrows. different colors of signs to show you the way. on an off here, the 1st thing you see is nature. i'll see it when i as, as even on a day like today when the weather isn't particularly nice. so it's just 10 interior court yard skipped free, have basel an unmistakable atmosphere. see nice the it's

the inner court yard step. provide orientation on those. each is different in terms of dimension, the different things go in the inner court yards of the light falls differently. and then you remember that i know that's where i have to go left me. this cluster of birch trees, for example, is on the way to the therapy station. you look at the day of the year, there's an open door which is kind of a rare off of there are countries where you're not allowed to open windows and hospitals just for fear of pathogens coming in from outside. but it's a huge improvement. the quality in the large opening, the fresh air difference, you know, the indoor climate, nature and simple orientation aids are for sick people in particular. that's the focus of tonya phone mows work. the berlin based architectural psychologist studies how these factors can help reduce stress levels. a ben monday success they don't

see it or that you reduce the stress or prevent it in the 1st place. then patients experienced significantly less nausea during certain therapy that pain is measurably reduced treatments cause less anxiety. i. i, patients are willing to have a therapy and don't reject it in one. there's also a fairly old study by an american colleague just found that in patients are easier to care for, legalized doesn't, form is university studies and biology and psychology have also shaped or research happened, an aspect of creation which via, and my 1st conversations with people seriously with cancer, i noticed that they use spatial metaphors to express their suffering and their fears. they would say things like, i feel as though i fallen into a dark hole. i'm standing in front of a wall, i'm stuck on the side when the body falls seriously hill space it inhabits, does to home in rehab positive has been a success with patients and doctors

a like today has all going to move on design hospitals around the world with major projects in denmark, san francisco, and a new pediatric hospital in zurich, switzerland, the a cube of staff fathers, new hospitals in germany, fewer and fewer people are choosing to enter caregiver profession. even though there are more and more old people in particular need care. little technology seem to be able to fill the gap with robots. maybe one day in the distant future, put some mechanical helpers, at least, are already proving to be able assistant. good morning, highlighters and team were delighted to welcome you here at the carry test care center. meet pepper jamie and johnny. they work at the st.

you a honda social care center for seniors in the german town of elin box. the 3 robots are schuman know ident appearance, and that's a big advantage. this is on our community. it helps to win the hearts of the elderly clients. so yeah, i'm just place very appealing and terms of its anatomy. i know it has a kind of child like appearance and its head is at eye level with our senior citizens who are always sitting down when the m, as in the pepper has been in service here for almost 4 years. the robot costs around 40000 euros, backed down money well spent as the morning exercise session shows. it's been better for our pep or your fitness trainer. i hope you feel like doing a few exercises with the today in the lymphoma. while pepper gives instructions, the nursing staff assist clients with the exercises. without it that wouldn't be possible. pepper and the other robots engage with the clients, but also perform other tasks. if an elderly client were to get up and expectedly

from their nap and take a full, jamie could alert the human staff. it's another layer of safety and the daily routine. do you me to apply to having to, to least of course the staff always have an eye on clients in need of care, but now they can sometimes carry out other activities at the same time. yeah, and he provides entertainment with little dance routines and reminds the seniors to take their medication. please take your medicine down. a glass of water is available. i think in principle, at least the nursing staff doesn't even have to be in the room. jani is also able to act completely independently of the split bones. so we never do that though, because it's important to us that the human care isn't replace if it's fits on, then there's always a caregiver there and call me on this pepper. jamie and johnny are not classified

as actual care robots. they're not skilled enough for that yet. but what's in store in the future is being researched in nearby bavaria where the robot gummy might one day help elderly people with daily tasks is to see by so yeah, that's our goal to support patients for as long as possible so that they continue to live at home, independently, with some mechanical assistance initially. that's still a long way down the road go gummy is still very much a research project. along with every day assistance that might also play a role in tele medicine one day. for 4 years, doctor, outdoor charlie unnecessary and his team has been researching how robotics and artificial intelligence might be used effectively in the health care sector. gummy is constantly being taught new skills like interpreting more complex needs. it can recognize facial expressions. what is this?

how the pain and so on, based on this, you decide, then you treat the actions. so it kinda couldn't. isaac's a person $40.00. this is old vision pipelines, but it can come eyes visually the meets. so from the audio side, based on asking questions also to, to, to the patient for extensive advice as the patient can say, i'm thirsty and then do you need the bottle of water or tea or hot tea or i am cold? should i bring you blanket the jackets and tele medicine the robot could also soon start playing a more important role. this patient is in pain. he says it started suddenly while he was reading. ok, good to assign, but i will carry out a remote exam with gummies help. with the aid of tactile sensors gone, you can assess the patient's strength and range of movement. that information is sent to the doctor who uses it to assess the symptoms. it doesn't matter if the

patient is in the doctor's office or many kilometers are way be to use it, come in, but city important thing is that i can talk to the patients. they can hear me and i can hear them. you can have a conversation. i can reassure the patient and examined them even if from a distance both as a doctor. it often happens that patients ask for a consult straight away. really, if i have to drive 10 or 20 kilometers out into the countryside to see them, that can really be an issue for him. holly is also a care robot though with a different design, then government that can provide support when administering medication. i can also push patients along pre defined paths in a wheelchair probably can also assist with obtaining medical histories for documenting boons during a test and a predefined environment. holly managed quite well, but a real hospital or care environment is more complex. but not always

is there are often small issues that a human can figure out without even noticing the bunch which still present a major challenge to a robot total. but the technology is advancing rapidly and the more sophisticated it's programming, the more a robot can do. some experts predict robots could be used in the care giving and health care sectors within about 10 years. but size and weight are often still a problem. and so is the price, not including expenses for research and personnel gone the costs around 300000 years on the medical devices. it is, it is just but we want to go low cost, but this $1.00, it's not only dependent on us, but we depend also to involve. also the insurance has to come and we come together in order to build a business model for how they can afford it and, and,

and box at least the smaller robotics systems are already playing a role in every day care. but a support for human staff, not as a replacement, think cut it into, especially a nursing a warm hand and a human word are the most important things at all. we aren't going to replace any human care workers. i think that the robotic assistance can give staff more time for care, work and entertain clients in the process. so would you interest her grandmother's care to a robot as we heard, there's so many hurdles to overcome before that could happen because daily life in centers is tightly regulated. however, good care will always require empathetic and responsible human caregiver. also when it comes to supporting people with contribute to generative disorders like parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis,

regular movement and exercise can help slow down the progression of neurological conditions. and project from switzerland. researchers are now harness thing, a powerful tool, the it all started with this ballet at the zurich opera house, entitled, the cellist tells the story of jack, is into prey a talented english musician who suffered a tragic fate. in her mid twenties, she felt filled with multiple sclerosis and soon lost what she loved most playing the cello. the moving piece was choreographed by the operas new by late director. kathy morris. done 2 to 3. just to like look him. so $11.00 and then jessica. yeah, exactly. it needs to be nachos and then he is a former professional dancer, a translated m. s. symptoms into artistic movement. she's familiar with

a tremors and weakness, the disease causes. and that was personal for me because my mother lives with multiple sclerosis. and so it did feel like something that i was drawn to express in dance if it was interestingly a way for me to understand more about the way that my mother lives. now she still moves around the house, she has fixed, she has a frame, she has a wheelchair for when she goes out to try sometimes to, to go to apply to use and keep moving. i mean, it's obviously compromised in a way, but if it has to keep moving, that's, that's what she really realizes. the awareness of how important movement is for people with them as the choreographer to develop a new dance project called connect the cloud. the, i believe the don'ts and music can change. sides can connect as a cooperative project involving 0 opera house. the cities tone ha,

that concert hall in partners who specialize in dance therapy, topping that deep well of expertise. the aim is to establish a weekly dance training program for people who faced neurological challenges such as multiple sclerosis for parkinson's disease. what i see is that it offers an inspiration, a sense of feeling your body again, of hearing music and moving and expressing yourself to music see movement. and you know, actually my dad has parkinson's. now, that's a recent development and a co, incidental one. but i can see that through moving through making shapes with your body, you find a different relationship, begin to a sense of balance, your sense of muscle control. researchers at the loo, sir, and university of applied sciences and arts are involved in a related project. they're investigating how music and dance might help parkinson's

patients. that symptoms include tremors, muscle stiffness, and problems with walking, but also motivation issues. using psychologist don rose, heads up the research. so music has 2 important properties. one is organizational, so this is the rhythm or the beach in the music. so in the matching, this is very simple. can that at that the and then the walking steps kind of go in time with the rhythm. and then the other aspect is the motivational side for music . so it makes any exercise more fun thoughts. they've agreed she's been living with parkinson's for 7 years. also make the most secrets knew that i just got involved with it more when as music, i think of that music is one of those things that makes every day life easy, often go decipher for the home to acquire data research team set up

a motion capture lab edit subjects are fitted with sensors and their exact movements are recorded by several and for red cameras. the precise measurements are used to create a 3 d model. this allows the scientists to determine the effects of listening to music and dancing directly. the project breaks new ground in parkinson's research. we're looking at functional, my bill, etc. so how they reach will some saying what quality of movement is changing. and of course, we kind of embed this within the dump saying so quite often we will be asking them to do something on one like into the other. but this of course is to really practice the balance. but it doesn't feel like you're practicing balance because everyone's having funds on say what the researchers work closely with. the people affect the who don't grow, who's called the real experts. many don't want to dance and hairs,

but in groups through a range of different music genres. dismiss hash, it opens up my heart and fills it out. it's just nice. it makes you happy. skids 3, the height one of the subjects in the study these bet tomato was diagnosed with arkansas in 6 years ago. she has trouble with some move math and just sometimes plague by painful muscle graphs. she hopes, taking part and will help her redeem skills that others take for granted self. because i realize that i feel like my balance is off when i woke. i want to feel most secure and confident again that i can walk in a straight line and not always leave around thoughts and be supposed to be most welcome to you. there's still no cure for parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis . but dancing offers people who are affected by those diseases. the chance to remain independent longer improving their physical control and quality of life and

the connect project and others. some people have never lived with dance in the way i have, of course. but what i want to do is offer that you can experience what it is to move your body and an expressive artistic way. and i want to share that with people, even if they fail, it is too late, or they con, they can to do you have a passion for science and health? check out d, w signs the kick talking. why do coming does not get drunk. why do gravitational waves squeeze out bodies? how much was it? do we need to pay days? do stressed out on screen for help know and what is the perfect queue of football by find beyond says yes, mos on dw science. oh,

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