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Eye on Research: 10: The Thread of Life D.N.A. (Deoxyribo-nucleic acid)

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Robert Reid reports.
The story of how physicists, chemists, and biologists have combined forces to produce the biggest biological break-through in the last fifty years-the discovery of the chemical believed to be the basis of heredity.
As told by some of those who have taken part in the research with the help of outside broadcasts and film.
From Cambridge, Dr. Daniel Brown and Dr. Vernon Ingram
From New York, Dr. L.D. Hamilton
From London, Dr. Maurice Wilkins
From Paris, Dr. Harriett Ephrussi-Taylor
In the London studio: Professor Sir Alexander Todd
Programme linking by Professor C.H. Waddington

Contributors

Reporter:
Robert Reid
Speaker (From Cambridge):
Dr. Daniel Brown
Speaker (From Cambridge):
Dr. Vernon Ingram
Speaker (From New York):
Dr. L.D. Hamilton
Speaker (From New York):
Dr. Maurice Wilkins
Speaker (From Paris):
Dr. Harriett Ephrussi-Taylor
Speaker (In the London studio):
Sir Alexander Todd
Programme linking:
Professor C.H. Waddington
Research and treatment:
Gordon Taylor
Director:
Bill Wright
Producer:
Aubrey E. Singer

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