Publication Type |
video |
School or College |
School of Medicine; College of Science |
Department |
Human Genetics; Oncological Sciences; Biology |
Program |
Institute of Human Genetics. Howard Hughes Medical Institute. |
Other Author |
WGBH |
Title |
Secret of life module: on the brink, four profiles in groundbreaking science |
Description |
This is a 15 minutes, 12 seconds segment of the WGBH series, Secret of life. Profiles include Dennis Slamon of UCLA and his work on the oncagenes and the creation of excess receptors that play a significant role in breast cancer; Patricia Steeg of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and her work on the Nm23 gene and its role in breast cancer metastasis; Mary-Claire King of the University of Washington and her work locating the breast cancer gene, BRCA1; and Mario Capecchi of the University of Utah and his development of a stable process for creating transgenic mice and providing a way of creating non-human modules for studying human diseases. Other topics include some of the ethical issues involved in genetic research. |
Type |
Image/MovingImage |
Publisher |
WGBH |
Subject |
Transgenic mice; Gene targeting; Genetic engineering; Molecular genetics; Cancer - Research; Capecchi, Mario R.; Science - Moral and ethical aspects; Human chromosome abnormalities - Diagnosis; Gene expression; Gene regulation |
Subject MESH |
Genetic Research; Gene Targeting; Mice, Knockout; DNA Mutational Analysis; Recombination, Genetic; Ethics, Medical; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
(c) WGBH |
Identifier |
ir-main,1829 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s60g43wr |
Setname |
ir_uspace |
ID |
707896 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g43wr |