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Sheep Called Dolly, A (1997 Video)

Producer

John Drury

Subject

Biology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

In the light of the world’s first clone of an adult sheep, asks if society should limit scientific endeavour and questions and whether scientists are responsible enough to monitor their own research. Joan...

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Nucleic Acid Techniques: An Overview (1984 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

An introduction to other programmes in the series, providing a technical awareness of the basic manipulations of recombinant DNA and its analysis. Topics covered include restriction enzyme action on DNA,...

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Designer Babies (1999 Video)

Producer

Danielle Peck

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explains the techniques that have been developed to ‘micro-sort’ sperm in order to pre-select the sex of a child. With the completion of the Human Genome Project in the foreseeable future, it seems...

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Stem Cell Revolutions (2011)

aka: Stem Cell Revolutions for Educational Use

Director

Amy Hardie; Clare Blackburn

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 71 minutes), £95.00

Documentary charting the history and scientific evolution of stem cell research - from the earliest experiments that first revealed stem cells in the body, to leading current scientific and clinical...

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Expression of Cloned Genes (1984 Video)

Director

Mark Berry

Producer

Mark Bergin

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

Describes the two processes which form the basis of gene expression: the transcription of DNA and the translation of the resulting mRNA into protein. Current models for expressing prokaryotic and eukaryotic...

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Biotechnology in the 21st Century Series (4 Parts) (2010)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 4 x 25 minutes), £249.00 (series)

Biotechnology is revolutionising life in the 21st century, but with every breakthrough comes controversy. Do the benefits of stem cell technology, gene-splicing, and other advances outweigh the risks? Using...

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Great Ideas of Philosophy, Series (7 Programmes) (2006)

Subject

Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 48 minutes each), £39.95 each £219.95 set

This series investigates core questions in philosophy, such as: Why is there something rather than nothing? What is right action? And what do we mean when we talk about the ‘mind’? Some of the world’s...

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