Cracking the code of life / written and produced by Elizabeth Arledge and Julia Cort ; directed by Elizabeth Arledge ; a production of Nova/Clear Blue Sky Productions ; WGBH Educational Foundation.
This documentary examines the complex race to decode the human genome. Examines the work of, and contains interviews with: Francis Collins, director of the National Center for Human Genome Research; J. Craig Venter, head of its rival, the private Celera Genomics; and the Whitehead Institute's Eric L...
Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned. |
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[Boston] :
WGBH Boston Video,
[2004], [©2004]
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Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Other Uniform Title: | Nova (Television program)
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Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- 1. Introduction to the Human Genome
- 2. Corporate Sponsors and Credits: Cracking the Code of Life
- 3. DNA: Secret of Life
- 4. Structure and Chemical Function of DNA
- 5. Human Genome Project
- 6. Tay-Sachs Disease
- 7. Genome Revelations
- 8. Machines and DNA Identification
- 9. Competition for Genome Project
- 10. New Equipment/New Problems
- 11. Machine Reads Base Pairs
- 12. Whose Genome?
- 13. Human Ancestors
- 14. One Billion Base Pairs
- 15. Patented Gene Sequences
- 16. Big Money in Genetic Patents
- 17. Science as Business
- 18. Privately Owned Human Genome?
- 19. Finding Cures
- 20. DNA/RNA and Proteins
- 21. Protein Variables
- 22. Unusual Disease Course
- 23. Genomes and Proteomes
- 24. Competitiveness Between Two Labs
- 25. Human Genome Project: Impact on Human Lives
- 26. Connection Between Genes and Disease
- 27. Iceland: Unique Gene Pool
- 28. Familial Arthritis
- 29. Sanctity of Individual DNA?
- 30. DNA Databases
- 31. Gene Chips
- 32. At Risk for Cancer
- 33. Discovery of Cancer Gene
- 34. Families That Carry BRCA
- 35. Genetic Determinism
- 36. Genetically New Human Creature?
- 37. Human Genome Completed
- 38. What Does the Gene Map Look Like?
- 39. Humans: Extraordinary Beings.