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Genetics and medicine : genes and disease |
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Genetics and medicine : breast cancer in the family |
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Genetics and medicine : genomics, society and health |
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Education in video
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Susie Murray has a rare inherited heart condition called long QT, which if left untreated can lead to rapid heart beats, blackouts and even sudden death. Long QT is described as a single-gene condition but geneticist Dr Bill Newman explains that there are at least eight genes that can be involved. Eczema is a common and complex condition, caused by both genetic and environmental factors. Professor Irwin McLean tells us that it is only since the arrival of large-scale genomic tests that scientists have been able to investigate all the factors involved and identify new genes contributing to eczema. The latest genetic research provides powerful tools to understand the causes of different illnesses.This programme is part of the Nowgen Schools Genomics Programme, which aims to narrow the gap between genomics research and classroom genetics. |
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Risk of breast cancer is approximately 1 in 10 in northern European populations, making it the most common cancer in women. Alison Griffies has a strong history of breast cancer, but no known genetic change has been found in her family to explain this pattern.Professor Gareth Evans, a leading expert in breast cancer, describes how genome-wide association studies scan genomes to look for genes that might be associated with the condition. The data from these studies and other research has provided a better understanding of the causes of cancer. It is hoped that this knowledge will be used in the future in prevention programmes for breast cancer and also provide answers for families such as Alison s.Whole genome research projects including biobanks also raise ethical and social issues, discussed in the programme by Professor Michael Reiss from the Institute of Education. |
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Over the past three decades our knowledge about genetics has increased dramatically. New research techniques such as genome-wide association studies and biobanks (which store a huge amount of genetic information) have been developed to help identify the genes that contribute to common and complex diseases. Chaired by Dr Ralph Levinson from the London Institute of Education, Professors Steve Jones, Jane Worthington, Dian Donnai and John Harris discuss a range of issues that arise from this new research. How will our experience of medicine change? Will drug treatments become personalised? How much will we ever be able to predict about ourselves and our health through knowing our genome? This expert group also discusses what aspects of genomics should be taught in the classroom, and the challenge of adapting teaching about an area of science that changes so fast. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Other forms | Previously released as DVD. |
| Language | This edition in English. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction television programs. |
| Genre/form | Instructional television programs. |
| Genre/form | Educational television programs. |
