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Title:

The gene doctors / an HHMI Tangled Bank Studios production in association with RCSR Productions LLC ; producer & director, Rob Whittlesey ; consulting writer, Eleanor Grant.

Publisher:

Distributed by PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Authors:

Whittlesey, Rob, television director. television director.
Grant, Eleanor (Filmmaker), screenwriter. screenwriter.
Washington, Sharon, narrator.
Munroe, Stephanie, editor.
McCarthy, Stephen (Cinematographer)
Mirowitz, Sheldon, composer.
Bjorck, Andreas, composer.
Tangled Bank Studios, LLC, production company.
RCSR Productions, production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher. publisher.
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Originally broadcast on PBS television in 2017. Wide screen. Narrator, Sharon Washington.

Contents:

Opening -- Dreams of a cure -- A girl goes blind -- Battling muscular dystrophy -- Fighting to breathe: cystic fibrosis -- Trying to restore sight -- The FDA weighs a new drug -- CRISPR: editing genes letter by letter -- Becoming a gene doctor.

Summary:

"Every year, over a million babies are born worldwide with a hereditary disease; most are serious, and many are fatal. For most of the history of medicine, doctors could only treat symptoms. Now an elite cadre of pioneers, gene doctors, is starting to target root causes. Through intimate stories of families whose lives are being transformed, the film takes viewers to the frontlines of a medical revolution" -- Back of container.

ISBN:

1531703658
9781531703653

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1004394983

UPC:

841887035392

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

EWPB745 -- Ruthven Public Library (Ruthven)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)