Practical applications and risks of genetic science
Description
This program discusses the Human Genome Project, gene-related medical research, and beneficial and potentially dangerous applications of genetic technology both to humans and to plants. Efforts to fight disease through gene therapy and recombinant DNA technology are addressed, as well as research into genetically controlling cancer and organ transplant rejection. The risks of agricultural over-hybridization through genetic engineering and cloning are also explored, as well as the ethical and biological issues surrounding human cloning, alteration of the human genome, and gene warfare.
Runtime
24 min
Series
Subjects
- Reproductive health (95)
- Human reproduction (85)
- Ethics (196)
- Heredity, Human (127)
- Philosophy (274)
- Genetics (271)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c1997
Database
Films on Demand
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