An improved formulation of human neural stem cells for the treatment of geographic atrophy.

Medical humanities are a multidisciplinary field in medical education incorporating methods from the arts, humanities, and social sciences []. The arts and humanities can foster a deeper understanding of patients’ experiences of illness []. Film-based pedagogy, especially cine meducation as a teaching methodology, has become more visible as an arts and humanities teaching format []. Recently, a conceptual framework for cinemeducation was published []. Films provide a biopsychosocial perspective on illnesses, enriching their understanding beyond traditional clinical approaches []. They can help change attitudes and opinions, enhance interprofessional collaboration, and connect medical knowledge with emotional narratives []. However, many existing cinemeducation courses in medical school rely on outdated films. As a result, the medical discourses portrayed may no longer align with current scientific knowledge or societal practice. Interconnected and complex health issues demand close collaboration across multiple professions and disciplines []. Yet, medical students rarely have opportunities to learn alongside peers from other fields. Cinemeducation presents a valuable environment for such transdisciplinary learning []. However, the extent to which students from different disciplines are interested in cinemeducation is unclear. The aim of this continuing transdisciplinary exchange was, first, to collect contemporary films for cinemeducation projects; second, to explore to what extent the medical humanities exchange motivates students to further engage in arts and humanities courses at their faculties; and third, to investigate if medical, film, natural sciences, and arts students are interested in learning together. The Locarno Film Festival is one of the most prestigious international film festivals. For the first time, three medical students were welcomed to BaseCamp, an eleven-day young talents program at the festival, as part of a medical humanities exchange. The program is an open field for experimentation, a chance to embrace new perspectives, and a free space for limitless multidisciplinary approaches []. BaseCamp is a project that aims to create a community made for and by emerging talents between the ages of 18 and 30 that gives them a chance to experience the entire Locarno Film Festival program. Part of BaseCamp is BaseCamp Academy, a diverse, multidisciplinary workshop program featuring daily meetings with prominent figures in the cultural and intellectual fields.