COM professor's book basis for PBS documentary

Professor Doug Starr's award-winning book, "Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce," is the basis for the new PBS documentary series called "Red Gold."

The series had its premiere at Boston University on June 19, where Starr, co-director of the Knight Center for Science and Medicine, introduced Part I and hosted a lively discussion afterward among the outstanding journalists, physicians, researchers and blood bank officials invited to the special screening and reception.

The four-part documentary was produced by Gino Del Guericio, an adjunct professor in the science journalism graduate program, and will be shown on almost every PBS station throughout the country starting June 23.

"Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood" explores blood's unique and integral role in world history, from a substance viewed with suspicion or religious reverence to its role as an essential factor in war and politics.

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