This excellent three-part documentary chronicles the history of DNA research from its meager beginnings in the 1950's to the most ambitious scientific undertaking of the 20th century: The Human Genome Project. Titles in the series include:On Becoming A Scientist - Focusing on the personal and professional lives of three young graduate students and a lab manager, this program seeks to dispel the misconceptions that all scientists and researchers are shy, quiet introverts. Closed Captioned. 19 mins.Stories From the Scientists - Profiles the four researchers - Noble prize winners Francis Crick and James Watson, Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen - whose combined discoveries paved the way for all modern genetic research. 27 mins. Closed Captioned Promises & Perils Of Biotechnology: Genetic Testing - Biotechnology has many wonderful applications in medicine-testing for genetic disorders, curing and preventing diseases-at the same time it raises ethical, legal and social issues. This moving documentary explores these issues. 25 mins. Closed Captioned.
On Becoming A Scientist - Focusing on the personal and professional lives of three young graduate students and a lab manager, this program seeks to dispel the misconceptions that all scientists and researchers are shy, quiet introverts. Closed Captioned. 19 mins.
Stories From the Scientists - Profiles the four researchers - Noble prize winners Francis Crick and James Watson, Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen - whose combined discoveries paved the way for all modern genetic research. 27 mins. Closed Captioned
Promises & Perils Of Biotechnology: Genetic Testing - Biotechnology has many wonderful applications in medicine-testing for genetic disorders, curing and preventing diseases-at the same time it raises ethical, legal and social issues. This moving documentary explores these issues. 25 mins. Closed Captioned.
