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A balanced look at the degree to which science can alter our genetic makeup. There is a danger that simplistic thinking could assume that there is a gene for something like homosexuality, whereas science is...
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...
Across the globe there is a major legal and scientific battle raging over whether we should allow individuals and corporations to patent genes. Some biotech companies say yes, claiming patents reward medical...
Present in forty-six countries, Monsanto has become the world leader in genetically modified crops, as well as becoming one of the most controversial companies in industrial history. Since its foundation in...
Visits the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, where Dolly the sheep was cloned, and Neal First’s laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where the first cloning of a cow from an embryonic cell took...
Shows James Thomson’s laboratory at the University of Wisconsin where embryonic stem cells were first cultured. Discusses what embryonic stem cells are, how they are cultured, and why they offer such...
Looks at the controversial attempts to clone a human being. Amid claims and counterclaims by various groups around the world, this programme documents the secretive efforts of a small group of doctors and...
Milan Mrksich, professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago, discusses his research on integrating living cells with non-living engineered microsystems to create hybrid devices.
Problems and ethical questions arising from genetic modification of plants and animals. An exploration of the progressive and continual genetic manipulation of plants, animals and human beings. In India...
Two 15-minute programmes. The first looks at cancer and its causes and the second shows an A-level biology class demonstrating their knowledge of DNA and proteins.
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