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watching i couldn't 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 inconsistent off him. he had his head tilting back tight. this is an an this thing of really po, down like an egg. as soon as we tell him that it's not normal, kind of copy, normal did it. so we headed straight to hospital him 100 invitation. i did an online and then said he had cancer. it was like the end of the world for us very. i could, suffers 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 this neighbor. your life changes really fast. one minute, everything's fine and if you have a healthy child, then everything changes on the is this,

this diagnosis and you have to get through is that what you have? no other choice are more than 2000 children in germany are diagnosed with cancer every year. at the hop, children's cancer center in heidelberg, hold off the heads of project that gives hope to young patients. if it's once it puts into a can 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 and not the lessons are different significantly from those and adults dorothy funding as of oxygen. i just, what i mean is that drugs which have mainly been developed adults are no longer simply transferred one to long to children these days up to the cards. in the 1st course of the chemo therapy failed, and i quits condition grew worse before long. he could hardly breathe at night when i'm gonna take my kids with the m r. i showed us some push and everything that's larger in color here is the cancer often verifying the image, everything looked closed out of service. it was like

a rope around his neck. he was already getting it through a whole 2 or 3 millimeters line was 50 so minimal that 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 tiny to just had to bring the wrong ones and that would be a fresh off 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. it whole thought she just kept on fighting and she said, we call and given now we have to do more surgery to death because she said, we take another biopsy and send that to heidelberg to see what might help as in con, 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 get know to cancer

identical. 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 are cultivated from the children's cancer samples. thank you. peters like this house around $1000.00 many tumors per child, a 1000 guinea pigs. each exposed to a particular cancer drug on behalf of a young patient is i'm going to come in our program helps pinpointing the right medication to the patient from a wide range of possibilities, individual inputs it and the police do that also called mosquito. the machine uses need those to dispense the cancer drive. 80 different active compounds are dripped onto the grid, played in 5 concentrations each well and the plate contains

a many tumor which is treated for 3 days. last name, the maybe cut off. so the drugs have been defended, 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 you. we've tried the cells and when the sample tends green, we know the cells are starting to die. that's when a drug 0 is not interest to see it. that way, many different substances can be tested simultaneously from a multitude of choices. the doctors convince select promising candidates and excludes therapies that aren't likely to help me to come and test our drug program is in the late experimental phase. so i'm going to, we successfully completed a 3 year pause face and sort of patients can benefit from it because in does, puts in the form that we haven't systematically evaluate today. a large number of

patients. yeah. and on this, and i could lose that insight from putting this too much ask about the this list sensitivity profiling helped i codes on college just in mines, choose a truck that's normally used to treat melanoma. they already noticed a 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. coach tumor has now shrunk to the size of a razor, and get sofa is doing great feed. he plays the 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 auto for us. it's like, if things stay like this, he has a child to live a 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, entitled 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 the war. 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 and innovative hospital shows how the are 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 move 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 either minus thorough. what you bought is one of the big issues. most hospitals have long corridors lined with doors face, and you're usually guided to where you're going with arrows. different colors of signs to show you the way. on an all 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, since i have 10 interior court yard skipped free, have basel an unmistakable atmosphere scene. nasty news. 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 work at the day of the year, there's an open door which is kind of a rare office. 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. males work to berlin based architectural psychologist studies how these factors can help reduce stress levels. a ben mondays test said,

let's see out order that you reduce the stress are prevented in the 1st place. then patients experienced significantly less nausea during certain therapy that pain is measurably reduced treatments cause less anxiety. 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 kind my 1st conversations with people seriously ill with cancer, i noticed that they use spatial matter for us to express their suffering and their fears. they would say things like, i feel as though i fallen into a dark hole. no, 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 mit 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 on a table staff, others, 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 to need care. will technology seem 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 assistance. good morning, highlanders and team were delighted to welcome you here at the carry test care center. meet pepper jamie and johnny. they work at the st.

johannes social care center for seniors and the german town of elin box. the 3 robots are a humanoid in appearance and that's a big advantage. this is on a could. it helps to win the hearts of the elderly clients. so yeah, i'm surprised, very appealing and terms of its anatomy. i love it as a kind of child like appearance and its head is at eye level with our senior citizens who are always sitting down when the, even as it's pepper has been in service. here for almost 4 years, the robot cost around $40000.00 euro is back down. money well spent as the morning exercise session shows data for our pep or your fitness trainer. i hope you feel like doing a few exercises with the today. a bowling from wild 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 performed other tasks. if an elderly client were to get up unexpectedly

from their nap and take a full, jamie could alert the human staff. it's another layer of safety and the daily routine. the 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. and 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 robots gummy might one day help elderly people with daily tasks is to see by so yeah, that's our goal is 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, dr. outdoor charlie unnecessary and his team has been researching how robotics and artificial intelligence might be used effectively in the health care sector. gandhi 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 trigger actions. so it can it or can i say to person $40.00. this is old vision pipelines, but it can become 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 drug and andrew 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 armies help with the aid of tactile sensors gone, you can assess a 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 away. vtc coming but say the important thing is that i can talk to the patients. they can hear me and i can hear them. you can have a conversation before i can reassure the patient and examine them even if from a distance off. 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 hallway can also assist with obtaining medical histories for documenting boons during a test and a pre defined environment. holly managed quite well, but a real hospital or a care environment is more complex. for not always is,

there are often small issues that a human can figure out without even noticing the much 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 bureaus on the medical devices. it is, it is just but we want to go low cost, but this $1.00, it's not only depending 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 essentially 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, but 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 valet director kathy morris. done 2 to 3. just like look him, say 11 and then jessica. yeah, exactly. it needs to be nachos and then he's a former professional dance or 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 xerox opera house the cities tone,

honda 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 face neurological challenges such as multiple sclerosis or 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 against your sense of balance, your sense of muscle control. researchers at the loose or in 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 reason or the beach in the music. so in the matching, this is very simple. can that at that the the and then the walking steps can go in time with the rhythm. and then the other aspect is the motivational side of 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. he gives me that. i just get involved with it more when as music, i think of that music is one of those things that makes every day life easy off in school society for, 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 read 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 for some saying what quality of movement is changing. and of course we kind of embed this within the dump. thank. 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 effective 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 and 6 years ago. she has trouble with some movements and just sometimes clicked by painful muscle graphs. she hopes taking part and will help her redeem skills that others take for granted small side of the custodial. 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 especially 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 left with dance and 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 feel 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 contract talking. why do something does not get drunk? why do gravitational waves squeeze out bodies? how much more say do we need per day do stressed out on screen for help know and what is the perfect queue of football by going beyond says yes, mos on dw science. oh, tick, tock,

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