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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common disorder inherited by boys. At last scientists have made a major breakthrough in the understanding of this disease by isolating and sequencing the Duc...henne gene.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common disorder inherited by boys. At last scientists have made a major breakthrough in the understanding of this disease by isolating and sequencing the Duc...henne gene.
| Module code and title: | S298, Genetics |
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| Item code: | S298; 11 |
| First transmission date: | 26-09-1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
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| Duration: | 00:48:20 |
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| Producer: | Aileen Llewellyn |
| Contributors: | Lesley Judd; Ron Worton |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | DNA; Duchenne; Enzyme; Fund raising; Gel electrophoresis; Genetic fingerprint; Jerry Lewis; Muscular dystrophy; Restriction; Wheel-chair bound |
| Footage description: | Footage - Glasgow marathon (0'25-1'06") - Laboratory (2'34"-2'54") - Boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in wheelchair (3'20"-3'46") - Graphic of chromosomes (4'16"-5'56") - Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Laboratory. DNA. Electron micrograph. Graphic of DNA (5'57"-7'40") - Graphic of chromosome (8'03"-8'27") - Oxford laboratory. Graphic of chromosome (09'15"-11'03") - Evans family at home. Son with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Visit to Guy's Hospital. Pedigree chart (11'04-15'47") - Laboratory (15'48"-16'59") - Graphic of DNA(17'0 0"-18'04") - Laboratory where fragments are analysed by radioactive probes. Pedigree chart (18'05"-22'15) - Evans boys in swimming pool. Family making posters, at a jumble sale for fund raising for research, with Father Christmas (22'54"-28'28"). Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) footage with Sammy Davies Jnr, Jerry Lewis. Laboratory. Fund raising efforts including bands, marches, skipping, dancing and a bed-race. Press conference about isolation of gene for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (28'29"-33'00") Graphic of DNA (34'11"-36'11") - Laboratory. Chart (36'12-38'52") - Graphic of chromosome. Glasgow marathon. People in wheelchairs. Louis Kunkel, Ron Worton, Kay Davies talking about protein sequence and possibility of a cure (42'49"-46'44") - Slow motion runners. Evans family walking in park (47'01"-48'19"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU5726 |
| Production number: | FOUS487T |
| Videofinder number: | 1817 |
| Available to public: | no |
