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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Cracking the Code of Life Video

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Journal Page 20: Video Notes: Cracking the Code of Life

Directions:

"Cracking the Code of Life" is divided into 16 sections . For each section, use the set of words to construct a sentence which summarizes that section.

1. Instructions for a Human Being
* human
* DNA
* genome
2. Getting the Letters Out
* DNA
* computers
* process
3. One Wrong Letter
* Tay-Sachs
* mutation
* gene
4. The Sequencing Race Begins
* Celera Genomics
* automation
* genome
5. Ramping up
* Celera
* Internet
* data
6. Genetic Variation
* mapping
* humans
* animals
7. Who Owns the Genome?
* code
* patent
* research
8. The Business of Science
* income
* science
* business
9. Finding Cures is Hard
* cystic fibrosis
* protein
* DNA
10. Complexity in Proteins
* proteome
* mutation
* gene
11. The Finish Line
* race
* Celera
* genome
12. Finding Disease Genes
* Iceland
* osteoarthritis
* genes
13. DNA Databases
* DNA
* database
* chip
14. A Family Diseas
* breast cancer
* BRCA
* ovarian cancer
15. Genetic Modification
* enhancement
* manipulation
* gene
16. Contemplating the Message
* Celera
* gene
* chromosome