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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...
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...
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...
A double DVD consisting of five programmes (four of them broadcast on Channel 4) tracing the history of one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century - the double-helix structure of DNA.
Looks at the hot scientific topic of cloning. The panel, chaired by Colin Blakemore and consisting of Dr Robin Lovell-Badge (MRC), Dr Michael Antoniou (King’s College), and Dr Michael West (Advanced Cell...
The structure and function of DNA are described using graphics and relevant footage, as well as DNA transcription and translation. Covers structure of the DNA molecule; replication of the DNA molecule; DNA...
Professor David Cove presents a three-part programme based on his book of the same name looking at the real issues in genetic engineering. He explains what genetic engineering is and how it works, and then...
One of a series of 13 short films about remarkable scientific discoveries by Nobel prizewinners and their colleagues. This programme looks at human genetics, how heredity works and the work of the Nobel...
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