genetics

The Philadelphia Chromosome

Joe Donahue — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:12:00 +0000

In The Philadelphia Chromosome, journalist Jessica Wapner tells the story of the breakthrough cancer drug Gleevec, which has saved the lives of thousands of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and other cancers since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it in 2001.

Conn. Chief Medical Examiner Seeking Genetic Clues to Newtown Shooting

Lucas Willard — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Connecticut's chief medical examiner says he's seeking genetic clues to help explain why a shooter killed 20 children and six adults in a Newtown elementary school.

Dr. H. Wayne Carver tells The Hartford Courant that he wants to know if there is any identifiable disease associated with the behavior of the shooter, Adam Lanza. He is working with the University of Connecticut department of genetics.

John Schimenti – Cornell University

Brian Shields — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:20:00 +0000

New research has found that a missing gene could be responsible for almost 28% of human breast cancer cases, that’s more than 60,000 cases a year in the U.S. and more than 383,000. The study on the NF1 gene, and its role in breast cancer, is from Cornell University. For more on the findings, WAMC’s Brian Shields spoke with the research paper’s senior author, John Schimenti, a professor of genetics at Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic

Joe Donahue — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:33:28 +0000

We speak with Sam Kean about his book, The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code.