Highlights from Jackson Lab’s Forum on Healthcare Innovation about genetic testing/genomics, microbiome and the new "All of Us" program.
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#48 Dr. Ellen Elliott on lncRNAs and CRISPR
Dr. Ellen Elliott discusses her research of lncRNAs in TH2 cells and asthma. and how she uses CRISPR to do it.
#47 Sharon Turcotte on lncRNAs
What a lncRNA is, its function in gene expression, the diseases associated, how the CRISPR-Cas can modify it.
#42 Women In Bioscience: Let There Be No Limit
Jackson Laboratories held The Bioscience Career Forum II: Women in Biosciences. The Forum centered on recruiting and retaining women in the biosciences. Women leaders in the bioscience industry discussed what it takes to enter Connecticut's most rapidly developing sector. Topics included equalizing the the gender gap in the biosciences, vital skill acquisition and training, the importance of networking and finally, how to land job.
#29 Precision Medicine Initiative and 21st Century Cures Act
A review of a Precision Medicine Initiative presentation at Jackson Laboratory Genomic Medicine in Farmington, CT. by Dr. Jo Handelsman.
#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.