Scientists Scour Genome For Clues About Disease

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07/20/2007

Jul. 20, 2007

Scientists Scour Genome For Clues About Disease

The reason some of us get diseases such as cancer or diabetes while others don't may lie in our DNA. This hour, we'll look at the genetics of common diseases, including a new study that links variations in DNA to differences in how well different people fight HIV infection. New technology in genetics has allowed researchers to sift through the human genome looking for possible genetic connections to all types of diseases. But how can knowledge about those associations be put into use? We'll talk with several key researchers in the field of genome-wide association studies.

Produced by Flora Lichtman, Correspondent and Managing Editor, Video

Guests

David Valle
Director of McKusick-Nathans
Institute of Genetic Medicine

Professor of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and, Molecular Biology & Genetics

Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland
Lawrence Brody
Senior Investigator

Human Genome Research Institute

Bethesda, Maryland
Aravinda Chakravarti
Director of the Center for Complex Disease Genomics

Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Molecular Biology and Genetics

Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland
David Goldstein
Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Institute for Genome Sciences And
Policy

Duke University

Durham, NC

Jul. 20, 2007