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Race to stop deadly epidemics, flu, AIDS; eradication of small pox; immune system; vaccines and immunity to reinfection; how flu vaccines are developed; develop vaccine for shistosomiasis, a parasitic disease in Brazil; Multiple sclerosis, idea for vaccine against auto immune diseases

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Gene transplants and where it might lead; child with Cystic fibrosis; gene for Cystic fibrosis; experiment to produce embryo without Cystic fibrosis gene mutation; man with rare form of hereditary Alzheimer's; gene for rare form of Alzheimer's found and test available; pros and cons of genetic testing when there are tests but no cures; gene therapy for child with fatal immune system disorder

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Identical twins and what they reveal about the influence of genes; eugenics movement; Cold Spring Harbor laboratory learning about genes from fruit flies; proved that flies could learn behavior; brain is wired by genes; genes programmed to learn and adapt to changing environment; sheepdogs learning behavior; research into twins at large gathering of twins; studies of how genes and environment interact

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Historic propaganda film from Nazi Germany in 1937, dubbed in English (poorly), talking about importance of natural selection and providing better living environments for healthy genetically superior people than those who were genetically inferior (having genetic diseases/defects); suggesting that those who pass on genetic conditions to offspring are guilty of a crime; concentrates on patients in an asylum.

Scope and Contents Continuing education video for primary care doctors (ACCME Essentials). Discussion of the Human Genome Project and the potential genetic tests available in the future. Challenges of genetic tests (communication, ambiguous results, lack of treatment after positive result); educating patients about issues related to having tests; Benefits and risks of genetic testing; prenatal testing; key issues raised by 3 different genetic tests - succeptibility testing for breast and ovarian cancer,...

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Fictional dramatization on Fragile X - part of education course series; depicts a young pregnant woman learning that her baby might have Fragile X

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Cystic fibrosis - what it is and what it means to be a carrier of the cystic fibrosis gene. Statistics are all for Britain

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Fictional dramatization on Huntington's disease. Part of an educational course on the Human Genome Project - depicts a family dealing with the issue of whether to get genetic testing for Huntington's

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Documentary about the Human Genome Project, talks about Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) and how the gene responsible for it was found; explanation of what genes are; genetic component of asthma; Cystic fibrosis - potential for gene therapy; Genetic testing for Huntington's disease - pros and cons, ethics

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Fictional dramatization about breast cancer and whether or not to get tested for the BRCA1 gene