Cracking the Code of Life

This two-hour special, hosted by ABC "Nightline" correspondent Robert Krulwich, chronicles the fiercely competitive race to capture one of the biggest scientific prizes ever: the complete letter-by-letter sequence of genetic information that defines human life - the human genome. NOVA tells the story of the genome triumph and its profound implications for medicine and human health.

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Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome

In 2000, scientists announced that they had produced the first draft of the human genome, the 3.6 billion letters of our genetic code. It was seen as one of the greatest scientific achievements of our age, a breakthrough that would usher in a new age of medicine. Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome is a BBC Horizon documentary narrated by Kelly Hunter, which follows three people who hope the mapping of the human genome will transform their lives and reveals how the Human Genome Project is changing our relationship with ourselves forever.

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