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The Human Genome Project offers hope for fatal genetic diseases, yet is set to create a new discrimination by employers & insurance companies.
The Human Genome Project offers hope for fatal genetic diseases, yet is set to create a new discrimination by employers & insurance companies.
| Module code and title: | S280, Science matters |
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| Item code: | S280; 02; 1994 |
| First transmission date: | 29-06-1994 |
| Published: | 1994 |
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| Duration: | 00:49:50 |
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| Producer: | David Poyser |
| Contributors: | Lesley Judd; Katie Morris |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | DNA; Eugenics; Gene counselling; Gene therapy; Genetic predisposition; Polygenic; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequence tagged sites; Techniques |
| Subject terms: | Chromosomes; Gene mapping--Research; Human genetics; Human Genome Project--Moral and ethical aspects; Human Genome Project |
| Footage description: | Footage - Cystic Fibrosis sufferer having physiotherapy, horse riding. St. Mary's Hospital. Genetic counselling (0'47"-3'45") - Chromosome graphic. Computer graphic of double helix of DNA (4'34"-5'24") - Purified DNA put into a sequencing machine. DNA trace. Sanger Centre. Gene sequencing of nematode worms (6'34"-7'58") - St. Mary's Hospital genome project (9'25"-9'55") - Children with Muscular Dystrophy working on computers. Mouse gene, dystophin protein (10'13"-11'00") - Graphic explaining cystic fibrosis (11'37"-12'11") - Foetus. Crowded street (13'59"-14'42") - French people playing boules. French telethon for Muscular Dystrophy (15'15"-15'49") - Genome research factory style operation (16'04"-16'27") - Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (18'38"-19'36") - Chicks. Foetus (22'17"-23'00") - DNA poster. Photo of Crick & Watson. Photo of Watson & DNA poster. Photo of Watson & DNA model (25'06"-25'43") - Genes stored in liquid nitrogen (26'52"-27'11"). Government Committee on Medical Ethics. Graphic of Genome News. Watson at NIH press conference (29'24"-29'43") - Gene sequencing (31'24"-31'51") - Mouthwash used to detect Cystic Fibrosis. DNA stored in liquid nitrogen (32'18"-33'09") - Suburbia 2020 (33'56"-35'58") - Sir Walter Bodmer playing piano (38'53"-39'14") - Photo of Crick & Watson. Crick & Watson at press conference. Heredity in Man, 1937 (39'48"-41'44") - People singing in church (42'23"-43'09"). |
| Master spool number: | DOU7964 |
| Production number: | FOUS779W |
| Videofinder number: | 4944 |
| Available to public: | no |
