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Title DNA / a Windfall Films production for Thirteen/WNET New York in association with Channel Four ; produced by Thomas Alkin ; directed by Carlo Massarella.

Publication Info. [Princeton, N.J.] : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003.

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 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD 572.86 DNA DISC 1    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD 572.86 DNA DISC 2    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD 572.86 DNA DISC 4    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD 572.86 DNA DISC 5    Check Shelf
Description 5 videodiscs (285 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
Performer Narrator: Jeff Goldblum.
Credits Series producer, David Dugan ; editor, Joe Bini ; post production supervisor, Tara Thomas ; executive in charge, William R. Grant ; executive producer, Beth C. Hoppe.
Note Videodisc release of the PBS television series.
Title of book is "DNA : the secret of life" by James D. Watson ; published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Funding provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
GMD: videorecording.
Summary This programs tells the story of how researchers have developed radically new ways to treat cancer by tracing it back to its origins: its DNA. The program focuses on two pioneering efforts: the race between Dr. Mary Claire King and Dr. Mark Skolnick, founder of Myriad Genetics to isolate the gene linked to breast cancer, and Dr. Brian Druker's work that eventually led to an anti-cancer drug which cures Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Also looks at the work of David Botstein in discovering gene markers and Per Lonning, Botstein and partner Pat Brown who developed a micro-array technique to reveal differences between seemingly identical cancers.
Contents v. 1. The secret of life -- v. 2. Playing God -- v. 3. The human race -- v. 4. Curing cancer -- v. 5. Pandora's box.
Subject King, Mary-Claire, 1946-
Skolnick, Mark.
Druker, Brian J.
Botstein, David.
Lonning, Per E.
Brown, Patrick O'Reilly, 1954-
Myriad Genetics -- History.
DNA.
DNA -- Research -- History.
Carcinogenesis -- Research -- History.
Breast -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects.
Cancer -- Genetic aspects.
Cancer -- Research -- History.
Leukemia -- Genetic aspects.
Leukemia -- Research -- History.
Breast -- Cancer -- Research -- History.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Research -- History.
Added Author Dugan, David.
Goldblum, Jeff, 1952-
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Windfall Films (Firm)
Channel Four (Great Britain)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Added Title DNA (Television program)
Secret of life.
Playing God.
Human race.
Curing cancer.
Pandora's box.
ISBN $124.95
Standard No. 613641005930
Music No. 32876 FFH Home Video (set)
32865-32869 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
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