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A Vision For Vision joins Professor John Nolan on his journey to explore the incredible fact that evolution has repurposed plants to serve vital functions in the human body. The film delivers the resounding message that the answers to the eye and brain are just beginning to be revealed. As Prof. Nolan says, "Nature is the greatest professor of all."
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00:01My name is Professor John Nolan and I am the founder and the director of the Nutrition Research Centre Ireland.
00:08My mam was almost my first patient.
00:15Our food is not enough.
00:20Alzheimer's disease can unravel your humanity.
00:28Failure is part of the scientific journey.
00:35Scientists are the unsung heroes in the footnotes of discovery.
00:39Competing for grants is like playing in the World Cup.
00:42It was my call to adventure.
00:44All my life I've had a vision for vision.
00:47I gave them enough evidence that I wasn't a crazy scientist.
00:50We started with small scale trials. The results were dramatically successful.
00:55It's all building on international body of evidence.
00:59From over 75,000 data points, the results were remarkable.
01:04It is an incredible fact that evolution has repurposed plant pigments to serve vital functions in the body.
01:11Studies now show that babies fed carotenoids from birth develop significantly better cognitive abilities.
01:18Technology and nature are a dynamic duo.
01:22Ageing is inevitable. Disease is not.
01:2582 years old and still driving.
01:28Science doesn't lie. It reveals a beautiful truth.
01:34Nature is the greatest professor of all.
01:36Knowledge is the greatest through all.
01:40Những avantages become the most purest in the world.
01:424th century ferret Versus 18Vống
01:441 Shoulders Transcrayal Past 9

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