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　　對非醫藥學界人士來說，無論生病或健康，當今世界的醫學比以往更使人困惑，令人費解的各種技能、專業、治療和技術。研究室如今，已成為醫藥學和提供療法的重鎮， 這個事實令人感到害怕，21世紀醫學新希望總共六集，帶領我們進入醫學科學這項新的領域，研究人員、醫師和病患訴說著充滿希望、失望、成功和失敗的感人故事，現今的醫學研究發展到了哪一個階段？在哪些方面已發展成熟而哪邊須要補強呢？尤其是對抗降臨在文明社會的各種疾病，在哪些領域，病患可期待有突破性的進展？本系列影片經由現今的研究案件，帶領您在研究的最前線，走一趟探索世界無限可能性的旅程。

　　To a lay person – sick or healthy – today's world of medicine is more baffling than ever, an impenetrable jungle of skills and specialities, therapies and techniques. The cathedrals of medicine have become research labs and repair shops and, as such,strike fear into many people's hearts. The six-part series The Adventure of Medicine checks out the frontiers of key areas of medical science. Researchers, practitioners and patients tell moving stories of hope, disappointment, success and failure. What is the state of medical research today? In which areas is it well advanced and where does it need to catch up? In what areas can patients expect reakthroughs, especially in the fight against forms of illness that plague civilised society? This series takes the viewer on a journey through the current research scene, a tour of the centres at the cutting edge of research – a voyage of discovery in a world of seemingly boundless possibilities.