CNN will present a documentary Taming the Beast: Inside the War on Cancer. The documentary is scheduled to air on 13 August at 3:30 pm.

The CNN’s medical correspondent Dr Sanjay Gupta will visit The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, USA to learn about cutting-edge methods used to fight the disease and to meet some of its survivors.

CNN will also provide rare and personal access to those battling cancer by providing a unique video recording room in the hospital to allow patients, doctors, families, clergy and others the opportunity to share and record information about their experiences with cancer, informs a press release.

An interview with Dr Fred Lang, associate professor of neurosurgery, and Dr Juan Fueyo, associate professor of the hospital’s Department of Neuro-Oncology is included in the programme. During filming, the doctors were preparing a clinical trial for treating deadly brain tumors with an injection of a gene altered cold virus called a “smart bomb.”