A hotly debated topic in America today. Issues such as decisions about genetic testing to screen for disease susceptibility and the implications for tests results; whether to permit cloning of human organs and the moral dilemma of "playing God"; and the advisability of raising genetically modified crops are discussed in coffee shops and classsrooms across the nation.
Provides a biography on the Nobel Prize winning biologist Barbara McClintock and includes discussions on the genetics work she performed before the discovery of DNA.
Presents the life and career of the geneticist who spent many years studying the cells of maize and in 1983 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Profiles geneticists and highlights discoveries they have made; includes Gregor Mendel and the laws of inheritance, James Watson and the structure of DNA, and Stanley Cohen and genetic engineering.
An ambitious scientist discovers a gene that may contain the secret of happiness for everyone, and when it is tested on an unknowing suburban family, the experiment yields surprising results.