The 100,000 Genomes Project has commenced. Genomics England is heading the project which has plans to sequence 100,000 whole genomes from NHS patients by 2017.
#22 Rare Disease Day 2015
Presentations at the Rare Disease Day 2015 are recapped. Presentors include Dr. Anton Alerte, Juliet and Tara Lynn, Dr. Caroline Dealy and Ethan Talbot.
#21 Rare Diseases Day 2015
Attend the Rare Diseases Awareness Event 2015 at UCONN Health Center on February 25th. Sophia Walker explains the celebration of individuals who have rare diseases and the many researchers and physicians who are fighting to find cures for these conditions.
#20 The Alliance for Aging Research Interview
Noel Lloyd from the Alliance for Aging Research explains how they advance science and enhance lives through education campaigns and working with legislation.
#19 Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative
President Barack Obama proposed the Precision Medicine Initiative. It has a $215 million investment in the President’s 2016 Budget.
#18 New Advances on Fragile X Syndrome
New research has provided new insight into fragile X syndrome. January is National Birth Defect Month, review of the CDC's top 10 most common US birth deffects.
#17 PTSD and Breast Cancer Genes
All about genes! New study finds gene variants may be a contributor to PTSD. New genes have also been discovered to be linked to triple-negative breast cancer.
#16 DNA Goes To Space
How genetics can affect the brain and therefore behavior. A mechanism that regulates dopamine levels in the brain all comes down to one gene. DNA travels to space.
#15 Mindful DNA
Meditating cancer patients able to affect the makeup of their DNA. Klinefelter Syndrome is the presence of an extra X in a male.
#14 Epigenetics
Learn what epigenetics is, how long-term endurance can change epigenetics, and a review of presentation on X chromosome inactivation.
#13 New DNA Sequencing Device
A plant has more foreign DNA, than its own DNA, how is that possible? A new DNA reading device was developed that is a thousands of times smaller than width of a single human hair. How might his change personalized medicine? The effects of caffenine on embryos are explored.
#12 Whole Genome Sequencing
The event, The Drama of DNA is recapped. Scientists discover new gene for devastating form of epilepsy. Both focus on whole genome sequencing.
#11 UCONN Genetic Engineering Team
Members of the UCONN Genetic Engineering Team discuss attending the International Genetically Engineered Machine annual competition.
#10 Innovations in Cancer Therapy
A summary of Cornell University's Dr. Andrew Grimson's "The Messenger's Tale: Decoding the 3'UTR" presentation at UCONN starts the show.
#9 Dr. Rachel O'Neill Interview
Dr. Rachel O'Neill discusses her laboratory which researches molecular genetic and cytogenetics techniques to study centromere determinance.
#8 Denise Anamani Interview
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.