Quest for the code of life.

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1997
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Quest for the code of life. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In October 1997, the Princess Royal opened the Wellcome Trust's Human Genome Project Research Centre at Hinxton near Cambridge. The campus is also the seat of the European Bioinformatics Institute, the Sanger Centre of the Wellcome Trust, and the MRC's Human Genome Project Mapping Resource Centre. The aim is to decode more than one-sixth of the human genes by the year 2002. This short film explains some of the work that goes on at Hinxton. 1 segment.

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United Kingdom : Wellcome Trust, 1997.

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1 encoded moving image (9.29 min.) : sound, color

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00:09:29

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Wellcome Trust; 2009

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In English

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Made by Clear Communication Ltd. for the Wellcome Trust. Narrated by David Walter.

Contents

Segment 1 An aerial view of Cambridge is seen, and the narrator describes the many scientific discoveries that have taken place there, including Crick and Watson's discovery of DNA. The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus is shown, which is at Hinxton, on the outskirts of Cambridge. The Sanger Centre is shown, where staff are working to decode the human genome. The narrator explains what DNA is with the aid of diagrams. The scientists are seen working and sequencing DNA. The director, Dr John Sulston, talks about how the sequencing is just the beginning of the project, and how this research will 'lay the foundations of a new biology'. The European Bioinformatics Institute is seen. They develop new computers and software so that the DNA sequences can be seen online around the world. The Medical Research Council's Human Genome Mappin Project Resource Centre is seen. They are sequencing the fugu fish genome. Hinxton Hall is seen, built in the 1740s, and now used as a conference centre. The Wellcome Trust's project director, Dr Michael Morgan, talks about how scientists need a place of excellence to discuss their work. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:09:29:11 Length: 00:09:29:11

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