Medicine Man (1992)
Rating
PG-13
Length
1hr 46min
Movie Story Line
A pharmaceutical researcher working in the Amazon rainforest has discovered the cure for cancer, but can't quite synthesize the compound that is needed to replicate the cure. Time is running out as a logging company is destroying the forest where the plants needed for the research have been found.
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Teaching Idea #1

Designing the Study
Identify the hypothesis and variables that were being studied for the cure for cancer. Were proper controls in place to help isolate the natural compounds that were responsible for the cure?