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Looks at some of the consequences of genetic research: loss of privacy unless access to personal genetic information is protected; discrimination in employment and insurance based on genetic tests; loss of...
1: Introduces basic genetic concepts using real-life examples and 3D graphics. Covers: the structure of chromosomes and DNA molecules; how genes carry instructions for certain characterics, proteins and...
Examines the science behind the so-called ‘gay gene’. A geneticist explains how this kind of genetic research is carried out, from the initial interviewes with gay men and their families, to the plotting...
Seventeen interactive modules looking at key concepts related to human biology. Contents: cell biology: how proteins function, haemoglobin, cell size, active transport, cell-cell interactions, mitosis:...
An investigation into vital human physiological processes. Ten interactive animations using movement, colour, sound and interaction, cover lifespan and lifestyle, drug addiction, smoking and cancer, synaptic...
Seriess looking at the moral questions of the next century, as the limits of social behaviour, medicine, science and technology are pushed ever further. In each programme Michael Buerk discusses the issues...
Atheist and scientist Richard Dawkins explores the relationship between science, religion and the pursuit of knowledge, challenging the role of religion and explaining his views about the value of scientific...
Professor Steve Jones looks at the role of the genes in human ancestry. 1: Examines claims of descendancy from the lost tribes of Israel from various nations and groups, including the Church of the Latter...
The production of normal red blood cells is a complex process involving many genes. Mutations in the DNA can cause changed haemoglobin and potentially fatal reductions in red cell counts, as in the disease...
Asks what responsibility scientists have for their discoveries. In the early 1940s some of the most crucial work on the atomic bomb was done in Oxford, changing out world forever. In 1995, 50 years after...
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