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245 _aCracking the code of life /
_cElizabeth Arledge.
_hVideorecording.
260 _a[Boston] :
_bWGBH Boston Video,
_c[2004]
300 _a1 videodisc (120 min.) :
_bsound, color ;
_c4 3/4 in.
500 _aOriginally produced for the PBS television program Nova in 2001. Special DVD-ROM features: teaching materials in pdf format, link to Nova website.
505 _a 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.
511 _aCorrespondent, Robert Krulwich.
520 _a 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 Lander, one of the leaders of the Human Genome Project.
600 _aCollins, Francis S.
600 _aVenter, J. Craig.
650 _aHuman Genome Project.
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