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Clips from Pure Genius - Lift Me Up (S01E01)

"metabolite production went through the roof."
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"or those toxins will destroy his healthy tissues."
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"- What do we do? - I don't know."
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"But whatever we do, we can't wait."
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"He doesn't have long."
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"Oh, my God, Fremont?"
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"You family?"
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"Henry Jones, his brother."
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"No, no, no."
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"You have to save him; he's all I have."
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"Mrs. Cheng has metastatic cervical cancer."
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"Unfortunately, it has spread to her uterus,"
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"her bladder, her bowel and the pelvic lymph nodes."
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"No. No looks of pity,"
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"no "I'm sorry about your mother's diagnosis,""
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"just... tell me how we fix this."
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"What if we used"
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"a linear accelerator to enhance radiation?"
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"Well, the incremental gains"
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"would be outweighed by the unknowns."
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"We could use the gold particles"
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"we used in Georgia Ray to locate"
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"the exact location of the cancer and combine it"
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"with robotic surgery."
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"as it's removed."
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"but it won't materially improve the odds."
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"So what's the answer?"
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"The truth is, Angie, that traditional treatment,"
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"In my opinion, that's the best course of action"
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"for your mother right now."
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"Wait, y-you're telling me"
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"a-a 50/50 chance at surviving the next five years"
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"is the best we can do?"
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"Us?"
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"Bunker Hill Hospital? What do your ads say, James?"
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"What about my mom?"
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"How about everyone gives this some more thought?"
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"We can reconvene later."
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"Um, step forward."
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"Yeah, um, hold out your hands, please."
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"Okay. Now grab my hands."
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"I used to donate my time at a homeless shelter."
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"And again."
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"They had these big ladles."
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"You'd dish out soup"
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"and feel like you were, uh, giving back."
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"lift the ladle."
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"But now..."
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"look at me."
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"It does look excellent."
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"I would like to run a more comprehensive study."
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"A brain biopsy would give us a picture"
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"of what's happening on the cellular level."
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"Whatever you need."
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"I am grateful beyond what you know."
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"James... all of you."
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"Okay, Louis."
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"- So, how does he seem? - Not now."
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"Those books look awfully familiar."
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"You applying to med school?"
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"Yeah. Yeah."
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"I have my MCATs this week."
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"Oh, good for you."
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"We need more young blood"
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"in the profession."
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"We're gonna try to do everything we can for your brother, Henry."
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"- Thank you. - Come here."
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"Looked at his history; this isn't the first time"
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"you've been to the E.R. with him, is it?"
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"It's-it's not. Um..."
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"He's had accidents before."
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"But that doesn't seem to stop him."
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"I mean, my brother takes his art very seriously."
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"Honestly, it gets frustrating"
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"being around someone"
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"who thinks they can break all of the rules"
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"because they believe they have a greater purpose."
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"Yeah, I know someone like that, too."
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"Tell me, is there any way out of this for him?"
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"We're gonna try as hard as we can, Henry."
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"But I want to explain exactly what we want to do,"
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"so that you understand the risks."
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"I want you to be okay with this."
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"Okay?"
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"Yeah."
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"Free's body systems are in crisis,"
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"so we want to lower his temperature"
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"even further; so far, in fact,"
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"that it'll shut his body down, preventing further damage."
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"While he's hooked up to the suspended animation machine,"
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"we'll have the chance to replace his blood"
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"with a blood substitute that'll carry oxygen to his tissues"
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"while we work to save him."
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"At the end of this process, his heart will stop."
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"All brain activity will stop."
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"But the progression of the toxins in his body"
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"will also stop."
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"So, essentially..."
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"you-you want to kill my brother?"
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"On purpose?"
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"And then we're gonna bring him back."
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"Release the solution."
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"Let's get him to surgery now."
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"- James? - Yeah."
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"I have an idea to treat Angie's mom."
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"Okay."
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"It's a little crazy,"
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"but I think it's worth pursuing."
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"What if we use nanobots?"
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"DNA nanobots?"
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"The problem with most cancer drugs"
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"The higher the risk they'll kill all the healthy cells,"
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"So what if we use the nanobots..."
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"specifically to the cancer cells."
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"How would you get them to recognize..."
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"There's a lab;"
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"they've added a triggering mechanism to nanobots."
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"It recognizes proteins unique to cancer cells."
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"So I was thinking maybe you could..."
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"- I could write a program... - Yes."
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