Genetic counselor Charlotte Close and student Marcely Ventura perform a mock pediatric genetic counseling session about a newborn screening result for cystic fibrosis.
All tagged Cystic Fibrosis
#372 Fighting for Time: Hunter Syndrome, Gene Therapy & Urgent Advocacy
Kristin McKay, Executive Director of Project Alive, is dedicated to accelerating treatments, expanding care, and supporting families affected by Hunter Syndrome, a disease that impacted her brother and now her son.
#306 NIH’s Dr. Francis Collins’ Leadership in the Human Genome Project and COVID-19
The former NIH Director shares about his brand new book, The Road To Wisdom, including leading the Human Genome Project, COVID-19 pandemic, and more.
#267 Is Genetic Ancestry Useful for Carrier Screening?
Prenatal Genetic Counselor Blair Stevens provides insight on if we should continue utilizing genetic ancestry in the context of carrier screening.
#201 Sickle Cell Disease with Lifting the Veil
Our host, Kira Dineen, was recently featured as a guest on Lifting the Veil to discuss Sickle Cell Disease.
#149 CF Series: Gunnar Esiason on Patient Advocacy
Rare disease patient leader shares about his journey with cystic fibrosis and how he utilizes his experience to advocate for the community.
#148 CF Series: Shuling Guo on Pharmaceuticals
Ionis’ drug discovery efforts in cystic fibrosis and the applications of antisense medicine.
#147 CF Series: Bijal Trivedi on "Breath From Salt"
Award-winning journalist Bijal P. Trivedi shares the riveting saga of cystic fibrosis which trailblazed many “firsts in medicine”.
#7 Gene Therapy
Is gene therapy ethical and worth pursuing as a treatment?
#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.