From hydras to humans, every organism on Earth can trace its ancestry back to the first primitive cell. Will biotechnology one day create a cell outside of that family tree? This program looks at 21st-century genetic science and its search for the secret of life’s creation. Background information highlights the Oparin-Haldane Hypothesis and its vision of a prebiotic soup as well as Stanley Miller’s famous experiment, the central role of RNA in protein synthesis, and Herbert Boyer’s achievement in gene-splicing. A visit with Dr. Stephen del Cardayre of biotech start-up LS9 reveals ways to remodel an existing cell—while Dr. George Church of Harvard Medical School hints at building one from scratch.

Films Media Group

Reproduction, Microorganisms, Microbial diversity, Medicine -- Research, Human reproduction, Human genetics, Heredity, Human, Genetics, Generative organs, Embryology, Chemistry, Organic, Cell metabolism, Biodiversity

Rutherford, Adam (Host), BBC Worldwide Ltd., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group

00:51:35 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

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