What contributions has The Human Genome Project made? | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

1: The Book of Life | The Gene Code

Adam Rutherford explores how the entire human genome was decoded, discovering that every human carries the entire story of life on earth ...

Clones | i-Science

Daphne and Barbara are so similar because they are clones, two people who have exactly the same genetic makeup. When their mother was pregnant, her fertil...

DNA Discovery | The Gene Code

How does the DNA code work?

Unlocking The Code | The Gene Code

Dr Adam Rutherford takes the viewer on a rollercoaster ride as he explores the consequences of one of the biggest scientific projects of a...

5: What Is the Secret of Life? | The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

How the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the most complex organism known...

A World Without Down's Syndrome?

Documentary about Down's syndrome and the ethics of pregnancy screening, exploring the thinking around the proposed new screening test and i...

Chromosomes | Curriculum Bites

Schools science programme where topics in the double science curriculum are broken down into small chunks.

The future of genetic screening | A World Without Down's Syndrome?

In Iceland, Sally Phillips learns about how genetic screening is evolving to predict a complex range of ch...

The structure of DNA | The Cell

Adam Rutherford explains and illustrates the structure of DNA, and the way its discovery revealed the secret of how genes are reproduced when...

What is Down's Syndrome? | A World Without Down's Syndrome?

An introduction to what causes Down's Syndrome, some of the symptoms and why embryo screening for the condition h...

02: Predictor | How to Build a Human

A look at the veracity of scientists' claims that they are on the verge of being able to predict our futures by analysing our genes and ...

10/05/2016 | Science Cafe

Adam Walton looks at the work of the National Centre for Mental Health in Cardiff, where scientists are exploring the question of whether genes aff...

2: Unlocking the Code | The Gene Code

Adam Rutherford shows how decoding the human genome has led us to begin to understand the very process by which our DNA makes each one ...

A new type of screening | A World Without Down's Syndrome?

Sally Phillips discusses a new, and far more accurate, type of embryo screening for Down's Syndrome with the profe...

Choices about abortion | A World Without Down's Syndrome?

Sally Phillips meets a mother who chose to abort her child after a Down's Syndrome diagnosis and reflects on what s...

Genome sequencing | A World Without Down's Syndrome?

Sally Phillips talks to Razib Khan, the first scientist in the world to fully sequence an embryo's DNA.

How many genes do we have compared to a banana? | Dara O'Briain's Science Club

Dara O'Briain explores how many genes humans have in common with mice, fruit flies, and bananas.

Key parts of the cell | Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell

An amazing visualisation of the cell's structure, and how DNA works within it.

Living with Down's Syndrome in Iceland | A World Without Down's Syndrome?

A young woman with Down's Syndrome talks about living with the condition in Iceland, a country wher...

Medical attitudes to Down's Syndrome | A World Without Down's Syndrome?

A mother of a child with Down's Syndrome gives a talk about problems with how the medical profession ...