The Gene Doctors

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Call Number: DVD 616.042 Ge, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General / Gene doctors
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch

Originally broadcast on PBS television in 2017.
Wide screen.
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.
Narrator, Sharon Washington.
"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.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround.

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Informative and inspiring submitted by lstorc on August 27, 2018, 7:04pm This was an interesting glimpse into the world of genetics and the benefits that can come from genetic engineering and surgery.