American Decades
"Breaking the Code"
Radio broadcast
By: National Human Genome Research Institute
Date: December 2, 1999
Source: National Human Genome Research Institute. "Breaking the Code." A NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Transcript. Available online at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec99/dna_12-2.h... ; website home page: http://www.pbs.org (accessed March 22, 2003).
About the Organization: The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) was established in 1989 to carry out the role of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the International Human Genome Project (HGP). The HGP was developed in collaboration with the United States Department of Energy (DOE).
Introduction
The human genome refers to the full complement of DNA in a human being. It is spread across...
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1990's Medicine and Health Primary Sources
- Estrogen and Hormone Therapy
- Prescription: Medicide—The Goodness of Planned Death
- Presidential Debate, October 15, 1992
- William J. Clinton to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, January 22, 1993
- "Experimental Cloning of Human Polyploid Embryos Using an Artificial Zona Pellucida"
- Cancer and Genetics
- "First Total Synthesis of Taxol"
- "Interview with Dr. David Ho"
- S.148 To Amend the Public Health Service Act to Provide a Comprehensive Program for the Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- "Bloodsafety Resolution—August 1997"
- "Statement on First Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelines"
- "The Biotech Death of Jesse Gelsinger"
- "Breaking the Code"
- "Explosive Growth of a New Breed of 'Cyberchondriacs'"
- National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
