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Prior to November 2003, Genome Management Information System (GMIS) maintained
the following list of videos related to genetics, the Human Genome Project
(HGP), the Microbial Genome Program (MGP), and issues surrounding the
availability of genetic information. The list is not comprehensive, and
GMIS does not endorse any particular product. For additional information,
including prices, please contact the responsible organization included
in each listing. Organizations may have other videos, and some are offered
for rent as well as for sale. Some distributors may not ship outside of
North America.
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Basic Genetics and the Human Genome Project
DNA Technology
Genetic Testing
Medicine and Gene Therapy
Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
Microbial Genomics
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Basic
Genetics and the Human Genome Project
Biologists at Work
One video (44 min., 1995). Illustrates how all sciences are intertwined
on the frontiers of biology. Consists of two parts. Part one, A Brief
History of Biology (18 min.), which also is available separately,
takes viewers on a tour of the history of biology with special attention
to pioneers such as Darwin, Mendel, Crick, Franklin, and Watson. Part
2 shows some outstanding biologists of today. Secondary, college. [Hawkhill
Associates (800/422-4295 or 608/251-3934, hawkhill@home.com)]
The Gene
One video (38 min., updated 1998). Basic information and new computer
animations explain one of the most important concepts in modern science.
Consists of two parts, each available separately. Part 1: How the Gene
was Discovered dramatizes the history of genetics from Mendel to Watson
and Crick. Part 2: What is a Gene? outlines the basics of what
a gene is and how it functions. Includes new material on cloning and the
Human Genome Project. Secondary, college. [Hawkhill
Associates (800/422-4295 or 608/251-3934, hawkhill@home.com)]
Genetics and Heredity: The Blueprint of Life
One video (22 min., 1996). Deals with the structure of DNA, life process,
inheritance, hybrid traits, recessive and dominant genes, and common genetic
disorders. The importance of genetics in medicine and biotechnology also
is discussed. For grades 6–12. [Carolina
Biological Supply Company (800/334-5551 or 336/584-0381, carolina@carolina.com)]
Genome: Solving the Code of Life (New Medicine
Series)
One video (30 min., 1995). Leading experts in genetics describe how they
and other scientists are unlocking the secrets of life by studying the
genomes of different organisms. They also discuss the Human Genome Project,
the effort to map and sequence all the genes in the human body and find
answers to many of the mysteries of human existence. Grade 9–college.
[Carolina Biological Supply Company
(800/334-5551 or 336/584-0381, carolina@carolina.com)]
The Human Genome Project
One video (29 min., 1999). Takes viewers inside an automated gene-sequencing
laboratory where human genes are isolated and fragmented and DNA base
sequences are determined. Examines why this project is so revolutionary
and what it might mean to all mankind in the 21st century. Risks and benefits
are discussed. Secondary, college. [Hawkhill
Associates (800/422-4295 or 608/251-3934, hawkhill@home.com)]
Map of Life: Science, Society, and the Human Genome Project
(New Medicine Series)
One video (46 min., 1992). Explains Human Genome Project goals, some of
the science behind mapping and sequencing genes, and why the project will
revolutionize medicine. Also deals with some ethical and legal issues
surrounding the project. Grade 9–college. [Carolina
Biological Supply Company (800/334-5551 or 336/584-0381, carolina@carolina.com)]
Patterns of Inheritance: Understanding Genetics
One video (30 min., 1994). Demonstrates Mendel's laws of dominance, segregation,
and independent assortment. Shows how the environment interacts with the
genotype to produce the phenotype. Teaches use of Punnett squares. Grade
6–college. [Carolina Biological Supply
Company (800/334-5551 or 336/584-0381, carolina@carolina.com)]
Heredity and Mutation
One video (20 min., 1988). Introduces the concept of mutation as the source
of genetic variation. Examines naturally occurring mutation and the activity
of radiation and chemicals as mutagens. Grade 9–college. [Carolina
Biological Supply Company (800/334-5551 or 336/584-0381, carolina@carolina.com)]
On Becoming a Scientist
One video (19 min., 1995). A "day in the life" of three graduate students
and a laboratory manager involved in genetic research. The video seeks
to dispel stereotypes about scientists; show them as well-rounded, diverse
people who lead interesting lives; and provide role models for women and
minorities underrepresented in science. [Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (800/843-4388 or 516/349-1930, cshpress@cshl.org),
Pyramid Media (800/421-2304
or 310/828-7577, info@pyramidmedia.com)]
Stories from the Scientists
One video (30 min., 1995). Describes two of the most famous collaborations
in biology between (1) James Watson and Francis Crick, who together discovered
the structure of DNA and (2) Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen, who developed
methods for combining DNA molecules and cloning genes. For high school
and college levels. [Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (800/843-4388 or 516/349-1930, cshpress@cshl.org),
Pyramid Media (800/421-2304
or 310/828-7577, info@pyramidmedia.com)]
The Story of the Gene
One video (19 min., updated 1998). Introduction to the gene explains how
DNA was discovered and how it works in all human cells. Upper elementary,
junior high. [Hawkhill Associates
(800/422-4295 or 608/251-3934, hawkhill@home.com)]
DNA Technology
Biotechnology—On the Cutting Edge
One video (33 min., 1995). Richard Burgess defends his science against
critics and makes the case for the 21st century being the century of biotechnology.
[Hawkhill Associates (800/422-4295
or 608/251-3934, hawkhill@home.com)]
Cloning: How and Why
One video (31 min., 1998). Takes viewers to cloning laboratories. Covers
some details of how cloning is done and challenges students to consider
the implications of cloning for life in the 21st century. Secondary, college.
[Hawkhill Associates (800/422-4295
or 608/251-3934, hawkhill@home.com)]
Genetic Engineering
One video (34 min., updated 1998). Brave new world of cloning, gene splicing,
in vitro fertilization, including interviews with leading environmentalists
and biologists. Secondary, college. [Hawkhill
Associates (800/422-4295 or 608/251-3934, hawkhill@home.com)]
Winding Your Way Through DNA
Set of six videos (8½ hours total, 1993). This series was recorded at
a 1992 San Francisco symposium and public forum on molecular biology and
its applications for high school teachers and students. Eminent scientists
and biotechnology experts speak on various aspects of DNA technology,
followed by questions from a panel of science writers. [Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (800/843-4388 or 516/349-1930, cshpress@cshl.org),
Pyramid Media (800/421-2304
or 310/828-7577, info@pyramidmedia.com)]
The Biological Revolution: 100 Years of Science at Cold Spring
Harbor
One video (30 min., 1986). Explains the origins of the DNA revolution
to nonscientists. Through events at Cold Spring Harbor, the video documents
the quest to understand the nature of the genetic code from Darwin to
the 20th century. For junior and senior high classes. [Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (800/843-4388 or 516/349-1930, cshpress@cshl.org)]
DNA in Practice Series
Set of four videos (13 min. each, 1993). Programs show the basic techniques
of DNA manipulation: extraction, electrophoresis, southern blotting, and
hybridization. Viewers are taken through the complete sequence involved
in extracting DNA from cells and producing an autoradiograph. Grade 9–college.
[Carolina Biological Supply Company
(800/334-5551 or 336/584-0381, carolina@carolina.com)]
Genetic Testing
A Question of Genes: Inherited Risks
One video (120 min., 1998). Seven case studies explore situations of individuals
and families who confront questions about genetic testing. Without narration,
patients, families, and physicians speak directly to the viewer about
the profound personal and emotional effects of learning genetic information.
The 2-hour program was shown September 16, 1997, on PBS. The related Web
site includes downloadable discussion guides and other resources.
[Oregon Public Broadcasting (800/440-2651)]
The Burden of Knowledge
One video (54 min., 1994). Explores difficult ethical issues arising from
advances in biotechnology that make it possible to identify genetic defects
during pregnancy. Seven couples who were offered prenatal testing, along
with caregivers and people with disabilities, are interviewed. [Fanlight
Productions (800/937-4113 or 617/469-4999, fanlight@fanlight.com)]
Deadly Inheritance
One video (44 min., 1997). A woman who has elected to take the test for
Huntington's disease, which has affected her mother and others in her
family, is followed over the months between her initial blood test and
the moment when she is told her results. [Fanlight
Productions (800/937-4113 or 617/469-4999, fanlight@fanlight.com)]
Gene Blues: Dilemmas of DNA Testing
One video (30 min., 1997). Examines problems and issues surrounding DNA
testing and ramifications of human gene technology. Issues, which are
approached from the point of view of individuals facing testing, include
discrimination in employment and insurance; DNA data banks, privacy, and
forensics; prenatal genetic testing and its implications; and the trend
toward seeking genetic indicators for everything from obesity to homosexuality.
For grade 9 through adults. [Bullfrog
Films (800/543-3764, bullfrog@igc.org)]
Promise & Perils of Biotechnology: Genetic Testing
One video (25 min., 1996). Explores the benefits and drawbacks of genetic
testing from the viewpoint of three individuals who make a decision to
be (or not to be) tested for an inherited disorder. For all levels. [Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (800/843-4388 or 516/349-1930, cshpress@cshl.org),
Pyramid Media (800/421-2304
or 310/828-7577, info@pyramidmedia.com)]
Medicine and Gene Therapy
TheNew Medicine Series
Three videos, available separately or as a set. Grade 9–college. [Carolina
Biological Supply Company (800/334-5551 or 336/584-0381, carolina@carolina.com)]
- Genome: Solving the Code of Life (30 min., 1995) Leading
experts in genetics describe how they and other scientists are unlocking
the secrets of life by studying the genomes of different organisms.
They also discuss the Human Genome Project, the effort to map and sequence
all the genes in the human body and find answers to many of the mysteries
of human existence.
- Map of Life: Science, Society, and the Human Genome Project
(46 min., 1992) Explains Human Genome Project goals and some of the
science behind mapping and sequencing genes. Discusses how scientists
are using this information to study gene function and why this will
revolutionize medicine. Also deals with some ethical and legal issues
surrounding the project.
- Molecular Medicine: Human Gene Therapy and the Future of Modern
Medicine (47 min., 1993) Leading gene therapy researchers describe
events leading to the first human gene therapy treatments in 1990. They
discuss techniques; government regulation; and the social, ethical,
and legal consideration of this emerging science.
Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
Our Genes/Our
Choices
Three videos, 57-min. each (2002). Available separately or as a set.
Grade 9 and up. Related resources available at www.films.com. Videos show
panelists discussing the following subjects:
•Who Gets to Know? Genetics and Privacy. Far-reaching ethical,
legal, and social implications of genetic testing.
•Making Better Babies: Genetics and Reproduction. Individual
and societal dilemmas caused by prenatal testing.
•Genes on Trial: Genetics, Behavior, and the Law. Issues involving
genetic research and undesirable traits such as alcohol addiction and
the relationship between addiction’s genetic basis and personal
responsibility. [Films for the Humanities
and Sciences (800/257-5126, ext. 8039 or 6132, sales@film.com)]
Banking Our Genes
One video (33 min., 1995). Examines the ethical and legal consequences,
public policy, and privacy issues involved in DNA banking and databanking,
which is becoming widespread in such settings as healthcare organizations,
the criminal justice system, and the military. [Fanlight
Productions (800/937-4113 or 617/469-4999, fanlight@fanlight.com)]
Microbial Genomics
The focus of the DOE Microbial Genome Program (MGP), a 1994 spinoff
from the Human Genome Program, is to sequence the genetic material of
microbial organisms that are important to carrying out DOE's missions
in toxic waste cleanup, energy production, global climate change, and
biotechnology. For more information, see the DOE MGP Web
site.
Life's Three Branches: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya
One video (20 min., 1998). Evolution of self-replicating molecules and
the first cells, the rise of bacteria and how they shaped the biosphere.
Beginnings of the domain eucarya, cyanobacteria, and oxygen and the acquisition
of mitochondria by endosymbiosis. [Carolina
Biological Supply Company (800/334-5551 or 336/584-0381, carolina@carolina.com)]
Unseen Life on Earth: A Telecourse
Twelve videos (30 min. each, 1999). Programs cover the microbial universe;
the unity of living systems; metabolism; the central role of DNA; genetic
transfer; microbial evolution, diversity, ecology, control, and interactions;
human defenses; and microbes and human diseases. [Annenberg/CPB
Projects (800/532-7637 or 202/879-9600, info@learner.org)]
Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth
Four videos (Total 4 hours, 1999). Programs shown on PBS in 1999 cover
the relationships among all living things, evolution of microbial life,
role of microbes, microbial communities that live in and on humans, factors
that contribute to the emergence of new infectious diseases, and possible
uses of microbes to repair the environment and feed the planet's population.
Series is free with purchase of Unseen Life on Earth: A Telecourse. [Annenberg/CPB
Projects (800/532-7637 or 202/879-9600, pdoyle@mlcworld.com)]
Contact Information for Video
Suppliers
Films for the Humanities, P.O. Box
2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053, 800/257-5126, ext 8039 or 6132; sales@film.com
Hawkhill Associates (800/422-4295
or 608/251-3934, hawkhill@home.com)
Bullfrog Films (800/543-3764,
bullfrog@igc.org)
Carolina Biological Supply Company
(800/334-5551 or 336/584-0381, carolina@carolina.com)
Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory Press (800/843-4388 or 516/349-1930, cshpress@cshl.org)
Fanlight Productions (800/937-4113
or 617/469-4999, fanlight@fanlight.com)
Annenberg/CPB Projects (800/532-7637
or 202/879-9600, info@learner.org)
Oregon Public Broadcasting (800/440-2651)
PBS Home Videos
(800/344-3337, shopeducation@pbs.org)
Pyramid Media (800/421-2304
or 310/828-7577, info@pyramidmedia.com)
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