| Series |
DNA ; Pt. 5
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| Summary |
"Presents a vision for the future of the human race that many may find disturbing - a world fed on genetically-modified food, where foetuses with a disability are terminated in pregnancy and people have the ability to genetically transform their intelligence and appearance. Giving viewers a guided tour of this startling future is the controversial Dr James Watson. He and Dr Frances Crick discovered the structure of DNA - the double helix - back in the 1950s. At that time, Dr Watson was a brash 25-year-old American at Cambridge in England. Now he is in his 70s, but no less passionate about using DNA technology to - as he sees it - improve the genetic stock of human beings. The program follows him through his life as it is today, accompanying him to Berlin, where he strives to get genetic engineering accepted in a country so tainted by its past. He gives his views on what he calls life's 'genetic lottery', and visits some of the people it affects, including a young boy with Down Syndrome" -- website |
| Notes |
Available as videocassette (VHS) or DVD. Duration: 60 minutes |
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Off-air recording of ABC-TV broadcast August 11, 2005. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Produced and directed by David Glover |
| Performer |
Narrator: Bernard Hill |
| Notes |
DVD |
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No rating given |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Genetic engineering
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Transgenic organisms
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Biotechnology
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Biochemistry -- History
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DNA
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| Author |
Hill, Bernard, 1944-
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Glover, David M
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