Denise Anamani, Academic Coordinator for Molecular Diagnostic Genetic Students at UCONN, discusses the program.
#7 Gene Therapy
Is gene therapy ethical and worth pursuing as a treatment?
#6 Jackson Laboratories for Genomic Medicine Opening
The Grand Opening of Jackson Laboratory in Farmington, CT was this past Wednesday, October 8th. In this episode I discuss the presentations and the facility itself from the conference
#5 Huntington's Disease
Lessons explore Huntington's Disease and genetic testing of Huntington's and the field of bioinformatics
#4 Schizophrenia, 8 Disorders 9/29/14
Major news story is the new research that Schizophrenia has been revealed to be 8 genetically distinct disorders. Scientist of the week is Gregor Mendel and the disease of the week is Cystic Fibrosis.
#3 Can Genetic Manipulations Slow The Aging Process? 9/15/14
Aging, stem cells, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy are in the news. Scientists highlighted are James Watson and Francis Crick. Disorder of the week is Down Syndrome.
#2 Don't Forget Rosalind Franklin 9/8/14
Rosalind Franklin's contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA is explored, her role may be bigger than you think.
#1 Google Baseline
News stories are covered with the most major being the announcement of Google Baseline, a projected aimmed to understand the genetics behind a healthy person.