The mysteries of life. (1986)

View of the conference hall dedicated to the problem of bioengineering.

Photo and TV reporters are shooting, the faces of the participants of the event, Primakov E.M. among the participants of the conference.

Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR Sverdlov E.D. speaks about the implementation of operations on genes, about the origin and development of genetic engineering, about the use of genetic engineering achievements in various sectors of the national economy, about the role of genetic engineering in the development of fundamental sciences, about the study of the human genetic code (synchronously).

A doctor examines a young patient in a ward of a children's hospital.

Faces of children suffering from diabetes.

Taking a blood test from a patient.

The nurse injects the patient with an insulin injection.

Examination of the patient's state of health in the ward with the help of special equipment.

Conducting laboratory tests to obtain insulin identical to human.

Research data on punched tape and monitor screen.

Processing of research data using a computer.

An example of the synthesis of artificial insulin with the alignment of amino acids using the digital decomposition of a phrase into letters (computer graphics).

The course of the experiment of embedding the insulin gene into a bacterium molecule.

Entering components into a test tube.

Scheme of input of the synthesized gene into the heredity molecule (computer graphics).

A laboratory employee looks into the eyepieces of a microscope.

Microorganisms that produce insulin under a microscope.

Conducting an experiment with the human interferon gene at the Shemyakin Research Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, a panorama of a part of laboratory equipment.

Laboratory staff during the stages of the experiment.

Scheme of obtaining the gene responsible for interferon (computer graphics).

A scientist looks through a microscope.

Unicellular bacteria that produce human interferon, under a microscope.

Packaging of ampoules with interferon.

The launch of the spacecraft.

The crew of the orbital station during the flight.

Photos of experiments on board the station.

Conducting an experiment on the synthesis of protein compounds in space.

Conducting another laboratory experiment in the field of bioengineering.

Conducting an experiment on an industrial scale, a panorama of a piece of equipment.

Internal types of laboratories, conducting experiments in biotechnology.