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Interview with a researcher about Parkinson's disease and research to find genetic causes

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Francis Collins introduces the speakers; Deanna Church speaks about informatics analyses comparing human and mouse genetics; why use mouse genome, why compare mouse and human genomes; Jean Weissenbach speaks about comparative genomics, puffer fish compared to human

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This collection contains a large variety of media materials, including news reports, interviews with staff, press conferences, lab footage, symposia, meetings, and others. Formats include VHS, audio cassette, BetaCam, DVD, CD, and others. The majority of the materials were created during the years of the Human Genome Project (1990-2003) but also include more recent materials.

Scope and Contents Francis Collins speaks about excitement of publication of "The Book of Life", image from Nature journal; sequence determined, studied and papers published; Eric Green shows presentation reviewing past few years of genome research; video message from Francis Crick; James Watson speaks about the beginning of the Human Genome Project and the work; Robert Waterston speaks about development of BAC maps and sequencing of genome; Eric Lander speaks about genome analysis group, repeat content and...

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Animation of DNA (black and white)

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Jeffrey Trent Soudbite about prostate cncer, studying families to find gene; man working at computerin lab, computer screen; laboratory equipment operating; prostate cancer graphics.

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Societal impact #1 - David Houssman, Tom Caskey?

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Dr Nancy Wexler

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Robert Murray (Howard University College of Medicine), woman at keyboard, man at computer - computer modelling

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Genetic test for Huntingtons disease; investigation of Huntingtons in the village in Venezuela; Nancy Wexler's work to find the Huntington's gene; Chronicles Wexler's work with the family in Venezuela to find the gene; how recombitant DNA was used to search for the gene; genetic marker found, leading to genetic test; Wexler's decision not to get tested; Arlo Guthrie's choice not to get tested