Two Berkeley scientists explore the potential of a revolutionary genetics technology capable of easily and affordably manipulating DNA in human embryos to prevent specific diseases, addressing key concerns about related ethical and societal repercussions

Monsanto Company is the world's leader in agricultural chemicals, seed and genetically modified crops, as well as being one of the most controversial companies in industrial history. This film uses hitherto unpublished documents and testimonies of victims, scientists and politicians to expose Monsanto's lack of care in protecting the environment and the health of those exposed to their products. Shows how the company promoted such products as Roundup...

"Winners of the Paul Ehrlich Prize The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against COVID-19. Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Özlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence was...

Dr. Laura Reynolds had a job she loved and the respect of her peers. One day, it all went away. She saw the wrong thing, a colleague's mistake. And to escape, he framed her. Laura's only option is to join a secretive research project in Antarctica, where she hopes to keep practicing medicine and one day get her life back. But soon after arriving, she realizes that things aren't what they seem in this advanced facility. And perhaps something strange...

Explores the need for genetically modified food to feed the growing world population and examines the fears that such food may not be safe for human consumption as well as dangerous to the environment.

"Will you, dear Shareholder, set Athena free? Athena Rao must reckon with the memory of her father, King Rao-literally. Through biotechnological innovation, he has given her his memories. His Dalit childhood on an Indian coconut plantation in the 1950s is as alive to her as her own existence in a prison cell, accused of her father's murder. Egocentric, brilliant, a little damaged, King Rao had a visionary idea: the personal computer known as the Coconut....

Field expert Eric Topol, M.D., provides a practical view of health care from a patient's perspective and explains how the advent of wireless Internet, individual data, and personal genomics will revolutionize the future of medicine.

"What makes us human? Advances in biotechnology are revolutionizing our ability to answer this age-old question. This course provides a foundation for understanding how life works at the level of genes and molecules that interact in complex networks to drive human development, evolution, and behavior. We begin with an overview of the core principles of scientific analysis and a historical survey of the ways in which science has been used to dissect...