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Lecture by Rodney Rothstein on "Exploiting the yeast genome to study human disease".  Studies of yeast genes that can tell us about human diseases, yeast genes associated with human disease; Genes MEC1 and SGS1

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Lecture by Dierdre Meldrum on "Capillary automated submicroliter sample preparation for genome analysis".  Speaks about work being done with glass-capillary automated system, purpose to increase throughput, decrease cost and increase quality

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Human Genome Project and Clinical Research lecture by Francis Collins.  Focus on heredity and research that leads to mapping and discovery of disease genes; BRCA1 and 2 genes, uncover genetic links to complex diseases.

Scope and Contents Charlie Rose interviewing Newt Gingrich - funding for AIDS, Ryan White bill, entering age of molecular medicine, have scientific panel to review breakthoughs and decide where money should go (which diseases), scientific rather than political oversight; MacNeil Lehrer News Hour - Genetic Ethics - how genetic discoveries should be used, Donna Shalala comments on Human Genome Project, discovery of BRCA1, screening for breast cancer gene, can doctors deny parents requests to have children tested...

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News reports covering the discovery of the breast cancer gene mutation in Jewish women leading to the ability to predict the risk of breast cancer in a large number of healthy women

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Health watch - gene therapy - first successful experiment as to whether gene therapy can be used to treat a disease (severe combined immune deficiency), tested on two girls and it was successful; experiment shows that health of patient improved through gene therapy; CBS This Morning - similar report on the successful gene therapy experiment

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Discovery of Ataxia Telangiectasia gene; people with one copy of the gene are more susceptible to cancer; discovery of gene will help understand mechanics of cancer and risks of radiology for carriers; potential discrimination by insurance companies

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Discover of Ataxia Telangiectasia gene; people with one copy of the gene are more susceptible to cancer; discovery of gene will help understand mechanics of cancer and risks of radiology for carriers

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Huntington's disease - story of a family, a father's battle to find a cure before his daughters get sick; Venezuelan family with Huntington's; breakthrough in finding the genetic defect using the Venzuelan families; whether or not to take the genetic test

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Senate budget debate about funding for NIH (on CSPAN)