The Lake Andes Public Library has been gifted a Human Genetics Film Kit from the U.S. National Library of Medicine. These DVDS available for check out from the library. I will review two of the DVDs this week and the remaining two next week.

“Cracking Your Genetic Code” - What will it mean when many of us can afford to have the information in our DNA – all 3.1 billion chemical letters of it- read and available analysis? Cracking Your Genetic Code reveals that we stand on the verge of such a revolution. Meet doctors, patients, and ethicists who are grappling with the promises and the pitfalls of this new era in medicine. Advanced technologies and designer drugs may save countless lives, but they also raise moral dilemmas: Will it help or hurt us to know the diseases that may lie in our future? What if such information falls into the hands of insurance companies, employers, or prospective mates? One thing is certain: gene-based medicine will profoundly impact individual lives and our society as a whole. “We’re on the brink of a new era of personalized, gene-based medicine. Are we ready for it? The Hastings Center, the nation’s foremost bioethics research institution, has partnered with PBS’s NOVA to produce an hour-long documentary and related resources that address this critical issue.”

“The Gene Doctors” - “Through intimate stories of families whose lives are being transformed, The Gene Doctors takes viewers to the front lines of medical revolution. With early successes and new treatments appearing on the horizon, families battling genetic diseases have never had such good reasons for hope.”

Reminder the Blizzard of Reading program ends March 22nd at 5:00. Drawings for prizes will take place after 5:00.