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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
An introduction to genetic code combines simple, engaging language and expressive, child-friendly illustrations to explain how biological life grows and changes and how DNA combines to make humans both unique and connected to all life on the planet.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DNA testing companies are trending nationally, with over 30 million Americans hoping to receive clues to family origins and forecasts of their future health -- not knowing the results can be misleading, or not considering that family secrets can tear apart relationships. The biggest risk, however, may be what these companies do with our information once they have it, so this program objectively explores the promise and peril of consumer DNA testing....
4) Genesis
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Description
When the body of twenty-eight-year-old social worker Kera Jacobsen shows up on Chief New York City Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery's autopsy table, at first it appears she was the victim of a tragic yet routine drug overdose. But for Laurie and her new pathology resident, the brilliant but enigmatic Dr. Aria Nichols, little things aren't adding up. Kera's family and friends swear she never touched drugs. Administrators from the hospital where Kera...
5) The fly
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An eccentric scientist working on matter teleportation accidentally combines his DNA with a fly's when he tests his teleportation machine on himself.
Author
Series
Wilde (Harlan Coben) volume 2
Description
After months away, Wilde has returned to the Ramapo Mountains in the wake of a failed bid at domesticity that confirms what he?s known all along: He belongs on his own, free from the comforts and constraints of modern life. Suddenly, a DNA match on an online ancestry database brings Wilde closer to his past than he?s ever dreamed, and finally gives Wilde the opening he needs to track down his father. But meeting the man brings up more questions than...
7) Gattaca
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As one of the last "natural" beings born into a genetically engineered world, Vincent Freeman has none of the 'pre-ordered' DNA that will guarantee him success. Desperate to realize his dream of exploring space, Vincent assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete. Avoiding detection using the athlete's genetic markers, Vincent becomes a rising star at Gattaca Aerospace, attracting the attention of a beautiful co-worker. When a flight director...
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