21st century turning points in U.S. history: Program 2. 2002-2004
The years between 2002 and 2004 ushered in America's first pre-emptive war, saw the human genome project jump start the biotech revolution and Google monetize the Internet. 21st Century Turning Points in U.S. History (2000 - 2009) takes students on ...
The Code: The Genetic Blueprint
Every cell of the human body carries 23 pairs of chromosomes. The chemical substance within each chromosome--the DNA--contains hundreds, sometimes thousands of different genes, depending on the size of the chromosome. Genes direct the formation of t...
The Code: Genetic Testing
The Human Genome Project has revealed a number of genes that contribute to genetic diseases. In fact the onset of a disease that has genetic roots can be detected decades before the first symptom. Such extraordinary advances have generated a host of...