Nova: Cracking the Code of Life (2001): The effort to decipher the 3-billion-letter human genome is one of the biggest stories in the history of science. (4.7)
Director: Elizabeth Arledge
Writer: Elizabeth Arledge
Stars: Robert Krulwich
This documentary is a look at the race between the publicly funded Human Genome Project and the private company Celera (here in Rockville, MD) to map the human genome sequence. It brings up the various issues such as patent implications of gene sequences, benefits and problems the gene cataloging might have in the future, etc. The technical aspects are not shown in very much detail, but this is presented in layman's terms so anyone can understand what it is that they are talking about and why it is important to study them. The whole episode is available at the Nova web site cracking the code. My Rating: 6.0
No comments:
Post a Comment