How To Build A Human video
How do you build a human being? Until now, there has only been one way: nature's miracle of conception where sperm meets egg. We meet a woman who has become pregnant with triplets in the traditional way. But sperm are no longer essential and there is now another way: man's miracle of cloning where skin cell meets egg. If this dream is realised, history will be changed. This is the story of the struggle to build humans. What are the building blocks of life? Can they be manipulated and will we eventually be able to outdo nature in building humans? We have seen how, in the future, we will be able to make copies of ourselves just by taking some DNA; and that we'll even be able to build humans in tanks. But will it be possible to change to the course of our genetic destiny? Can a woman change into a man? Building a human the natural way is an elaborate, messy and protracted process. Getting pregnant is a pretty hit or miss affair, dependent on a complicated sequence of events happening at a specific time of the month. Our every movement is powered by them. The new science of genetics promises to change our world beyond all recognition. Whether it's for better or for worse will not be decided by science, but by society. Knowing how to build a human may ultimately be less important than what we do with that knowledge.
Episodes of "How To Build A Human":
1. How To Build A Human CREATION
And stem cells will have wider usage than just building body parts. They could also provide treatments for diseases like diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Ultimately, perhaps, they could be used to replace older cells. Delaying the ageing process.
2. How To Build A Human PREDICTOR
Contained within the 23 chromosomes of the human genome is the blueprint for you. Within this tiny drop is the massive amount of information needed to build a human being.
3. How To Build A Human THE SECRET OF SEX
The real difference between men and women is that women normally have two X sex chromosomes, while men have an X and a Y. And the SRY gene would be the first step on the journey to Moscow. it takes 30,000 genes to build a human, but just one gene -the SRY to build a man. The SRY is a switch which clicks when the fetus is around six weeks old. Until then, the baby could become either male or female.
4. How To Build A Human FOREVER YOUNG
Could it be that growth hormone is the wonder drug, the key to building a long living human? l think it's unfortunate that one of the tags that growth hormone was given was the elixir of youth.
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Among them are a few stem cells. Here, magnified 15,000 times, are human stem cells. They are unique. They alone can transform themselves into any kind of human cell. A nerve cell, for example. As it divides it will build a brain and spinal tissue. Each strand of DNA carried hundreds of genes. And it's these genes that build everything, from the shape of your nose to the color of your skin. closer to the age of truly personalized medicine. closer to the age of truly personalized medicine.
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Welcome to Predictor, the program of life. One day soon, parents may no longer be faced with the great unknown of their child's future. Instead, from the moment of birth, every child will have a personal guidebook for life. The world of Predictor may seem like science fiction, but as we unlock the secrets of the human genome, our ability to predict a life is coming closer than we ever imagined.
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We have seen how, in the future, we will be able to make copies of ourselves just by taking some DNA; and that we'll even be able to build humans in tanks. But will it be possible to change to the course of our genetic destiny? Can a woman change into a man? Building a human the natural way is an elaborate, messy and protracted process. All humans are built in bits, far too small to be seen with the naked eye. We're made up of cells. And inside every cell is exactly the same mix of genes - our DNA. Until recently, reproduction was regarded as pretty straightforward. To build a new human you first take the genes that make up a woman, Each cell holds a nucleus which, in turn, contains DNA, the substance that builds us. Each cell contains over two metres of DNA, divided and packaged neatly into chromosomes. There are 46 of these.
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The dream of immortality is to live longer but not to grow old. Ageing has always been one of the few certainties of life. There is now a tremendous potential to live to be 150 we are closer than ever to unlocking the secrets of ageing in our cells and in our genes. The first person to live to 150 may already be born. If ageing is so powerful, can we really delay the moment when we look in the mirror and know we are growing old? After six months of growth hormone, much of the fat has gone.
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How To Build A Human video CREATION
