Films for the Humanities and Sciences - A History of Gene Therapy

A History of Gene Therapy

Although somatic gene therapy is still in its infancy, its enormous potential is already visible. This program combines case studies involving AIDS, heart disease, ADA deficiency, and canavan disease and interviews with doctors and researchers from facilities such as the Universities of Southern California and Pennsylvania to outline the history of genetic science. But the ability to manipulate and alter the most basic building blocks of life brings ethical, legal, and social dilemmas as well. Genetic screening and profiling, germ-line gene therapy and eugenics, off-label use, and genetically modified crops are addressed. Produced by CBS News Productions. (46 minutes)

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Item#: BVL11199
Copyright date: ©1999
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-5964-5


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