The Lawrence Jacobsen Library
VT0544 Secret of Life: The Immortal Thread

VT0544 Secret of Life: The Immortal Thread
Films for the Humanities and Sciences w/WGBH Boston and BBC-TV [VHS; col., sd.; 60 min.: 1993]

Discusses issues concerning scientific discoveries surrounding DNA and genetic research and the ethics of how scientific information is used. The video outlines the history of DNA research from the first discoveries to current work in implanting human genes in animals and the "Genome project" which is seeking to map out the entire genetic code of individual organisms.