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2019. 1 hr 30 mins. Documentary. PG13. Watchlist. James Allison is a man of science who, in 2018, received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in immunotherapy as a way to combat cancer. The ...
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Jim Allison: Breakthrough. Renegade Texan scientist Jim Allison devotes his life work to find a cure for cancer after the disease takes the life of his mother. He won a 2018 Nobel Prize winner for discovering the immune system’s role in defeating cancer, but for decades he waged a lonely struggle against the skepticism of the medical ...
Spurred on to by his lifelong quest to find a cure for the cancer that killed his mother, renegade, harmonica-playing scientist Jim Allison uses an open hear...
Apr 5, 2022 · The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer, Jim Allison: Breakthrough from filmmaker Bill Haney is an homage to an unconventional superhero — a ...
May 20, 2022 · By Cancer History Project. May 20, 2022. Jim Allison hadn’t been back to his hometown of Alice, TX, in 40 years when Bill Haney asked him to return there during the filming of “ Jim Allison: Breakthrough.”. “I think, as is often the case with people who I make films with—it’s a voyage for discovery for them too,” said Haney ...
Breakthrough tells the story of a renegade scientist’s quest to find a cure for cancer, the disease that killed his mother. Texan Jim Allison is a 2018 Nobel Prize winner for discovering how to prompt a cancer patient’s own immune system into defeating their disease, but for decades he waged an often-lonely struggle against the painful skepticism of the medical establishment.
Jim Allison: Breakthrough. Documentary 2019 1 hr 31 min. Available on Pluto TV, Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Freevee. 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. But for decades he waged a lonely war against the ...
