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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Holiday Lectures on Science: Of Hearts and Hypertension: Blazing genetic trails - Lecture 3 - "Heartbreak: Of Mutations and Maladies" by Christine E. Seidman, M.D., 1998-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

 Item — Box: MM-27, Object: 12
Identifier: LE0070

Scope and Contents

Lecture by Christine Seidman covering: Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a sometimes fatal heart disorder that runs in families; The disease is caused by mutations in one of several genes encoding the proteins that compose the sarcomere, the contractile apparatus of muscle cells; Mice that have been engineered with mutations in genes encoding sarcomere proteins are used as models to explore how gender, exercise and environment affect heart disease

Dates

  • Creation: 1998-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Extent

From the Collection: 60 Box (Each box contains a variety of formats video and/or audio media. These include cassette tapes, BetaCam videos, or VHS tapes. )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the NHGRI Human Genome Project (HGP) Archive Repository

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