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Unlocking the Code : Genetics and Medicine
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Although the impact of genetic research on human life is an ever-changing and often theoretical prospect, our current knowledge of the human genome already has direct, real-world applications. This...
Although the impact of genetic research on human life is an ever-changing and often theoretical prospect, our current knowledge of the human genome already has direct, real-world applications. This program looks at several ways in which genetic breakthroughs have improved health care technology and enriched the study of human physiology. Case studies focus on DNA screening and its benefits-for both parents and children-in identifying hereditary problems, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Huntington's disease, and congenital and developmental abnormalities. The film also explores implications for type-2 diabetes, the complex area of multifactorial genetic disorders, the chain termination method of DNA sequencing, and more.
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- Creator
- Open University
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2011], c2011
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn783173988
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 09, 2011.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Reading the Book of Life (1:24) -- Changing Science (2:08) -- Decoding DNA at Home (3:38) -- Cryptic Language in DNA (3:28) -- The Nirenberg and Matthaei Experiment (1:46) -- Abnormal Variants (5:24) -- Genetic Screening (3:14) -- Monogenic and Polygenic Genes (1:33) -- Reading DNA (3:50) -- Sequencing the Human Genome (3:38) -- Reading Half a Million Genes (3:53) -- Diseases Spring from Genetic Codes and Environmental Factors (3:11) -- Heritable Variants (3:32) -- Missing Heritability (3:47) -- ENCODE (3:54) -- Credits: Unlocking the Code: Genetics and Medicine (0:46)