Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome Horizon : Season 48 Episode 5
BBC Two 50m int(0)
Aired: September 7th, 2011 @ 9:00 PM EST on BBC Two
A decade ago, scientists announced that they had produced the first draft of the human genome, the 3.6 billion letters of our genetic code. It was seen as one of the greatest scientific achievements of our age, a breakthrough that would usher in a new age of medicine. A decade later, Horizon finds out how close we are to developing the life-changing treatments that were hoped for.