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| | Description | Does it amaze you that yeast is your very close relative? That you possess roughly the same number of genes as a mouse? That you are 99.9% genetically identical to every other human? ABC Nightline correspondent Robert Krulwich lends a lighthearted touch to genetic science in this provocative two-hour NOVA special that takes you inside the amazing, complex and contentious race to decode the human genome. The Human Genome Project was born in 1990, when an international consortium of labs set out to sequence all 3 billion letters of our DNA, predicting they’d finish by 2005. Halfway through their schedule, controversial scientist and entrepreneur J. Craig Venter threw the genome world into turmoil, when he announced his for-profit company Celera could finish the job in just two years. Francis Collins, leader of the publicly-funded effort, and MIT’s Eric Lander were among the scientists who answered Venter’s challenge. The result made history and laid the foundation for a remarkable future. Armed with this powerful information, medical pioneers are in the midst of astonishing breakthroughs that will change medicine as we know it. Will you get cancer, arthritis, or Alzheimer’s? The answer lies in your genetic code—but the question is: Do you want to know? And will these new discoveries eventually lead to cures? On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: Letterboxed. | |
| | Product Details | | Actors: | Robert Krulwich | | Director: | Betsey Arledge | | Format: | Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language: | English | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Studio: | PBS | | Run Time: | 120 minutes | | DVD Release Date: | June 29, 2004 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 9 reviews |
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42 of 44 found the following review helpful:
 Great movie Feb 06, 2007
By Kirsten Thiel
I am a high school Biology teacher and every year I show this film to my students as an introduction to our study on Genetics and Heredity. This is a great film that illustrates how the Human Genome Project began and examines the potential ethical dilemmas as well as potential benefits the completion of this project may have for society. Rarely can I show a "science" film and have so many students afterwards agree that it really was fascinating. In fact given its 2 hour length we can't finish it in one sitting and they beg me each day "Can we finish that movie today?" This movie stimulates some fascinating conversations in my classroom, and as a teacher, who could ask for more?
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Very educational Aug 13, 2008
By D. Houtz
I teach a college class on the Human Genome Project and always use this as my intro. It gives a good generic background in layman's terms, and then I can easily refer back to it later in class, as "remember in the movie you saw...". I recommend it for ninth grade or older audience, including adults.
8 of 10 found the following review helpful:
How Nature Works - Cracked Wide Open May 12, 2007
By K. Salter
This is an exceptional documentary about the mapping of the human genome and its implications for humanity. Well structured and presented in laymens terms, helps to make Cracking the Code of Life an important addition to understanding Evolution.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
For the general public Jan 01, 2010
By rainforest
"rainforest"
This movie describes the competition between J. Craig Venter (Celera) and Eric Lander (MIT) trying to decode the genome first. It is old and it does not cover all the way until they finished in 2003. It describes the big difference between government vs. private funded research and the controversies on trying to patent gene sequences, etc. It is a very informative movie and gives the foundation to understand new things related to the genome that are being discovered in the present as advances in the proteome, etc. It clears the mind to describe that although sequencing the genome has been one of the biggest discoveries of the 21th century, it is not the cure for anything, but a door for the future to cure of many diseases. By the way, I thing Eric Lander is the best speaker I ever heard and you just must see him to understand why I say that.
The only complain I have is that some of the interviews are a bit slow and the questions could have been better.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Good summary of Human Genome Project Jul 12, 2011
By R. Vanderveer
I use this video in my community college basic biology course, and it was well received by the students. I thought it was a nice introduction and/or summary of the Human Genome project. It concentrates on the competition between the academic/government team and the private group created by J. Craig Venter via the company Celera. There is also a good bit of genetic biology instruction in there, and the graphics and explanations are excellent.
Overall, a valuable part of my genetics unit. If I had any criticism, it would be that I was hoping for a bit more of the biology aspects, and not quite as much of the business and competition. But, of course, that was a huge part of the whole project, so leaving it out would not have worked either! :-)
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