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Introduces the Human Genome Project and explains how the human genome is mapped and how the information can be used, and explores many of the issues arising from this biological information revolution....
Visits an automated gene sequencing laboratory to show how human genes are isolated and fragmented, and how their DNA base sequences are determined. Discusses why the Human Genome Project is so revolutionary...
Looks at the Human Genome Project, an international biology project designed to map all human DNA. Looks critically at the medical benefits that may accrue, some of the scientific techniques used, and...
Investigates new research into human language development and examines human linguistic skills. Scientists working on the Human Genome Project have discovered the genetic roots to some language dysfunctions...
A compilation of interviews examining key ethical issues related to new genetic technologies, including understanding the human genome, science ethics and the law, genetic testing, information and...
Part 4 in the GENE TECH series features leading international ethicists and scientists in a compilation of interviews that canvas key ethical issues in the controversial world of new genetic technologies....
Two-part documentary in which Dr Adam Rutherford explores the consequences of one of the biggest scientific projects of all time, the decoding of the entire human genome in 2000. In Part 1 THE BOOK OF LIFE,...
Scientists are collecting blood samples from the Ahuaco and Asario Indians who live in the remote rain forests of northeern Columbia in order to provide DNA for the Human Genome Biodiversity Project. The aim...
Examines the ageing process, asking whether it is inevitable that people age and die. Can it be slowed, allowing people to live longer and healthier lives? Looks for answers among the animal kingdom, in the...
2: Looks at the rhythmic actions of the vertebrate heart and how these rhythms arise through efficient inter-cellular communication. Examines new research into electrical activity and fluid flow through th...
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