Midsummer Nights' Science: A Revolution in Human Disease Genetics (2009)

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Understanding the genes associated with human diseases is a critical first step toward the development of more effective therapies. The identities of these genes, and the culprit changes within them, have been largely impossible to uncover for most common diseases. A revolution in human genetics is now underway that makes these discoveries possible for a range of metabolic, immune-related and psychiatric diseases. In his lecture from the 2009 Midsummer Nights' Science series, Mark Daly discusses this scientific revolution, what the new genetic discoveries can and cannot tell us, and how this knowledge can help seed ideas for novel treatments.

-Education (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/635/)
-Broad Institute Midsummer Nights' Science series (http://www.broadinstitute.org/midsummer)
-Program in Medical and Population Genetics ( https://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/)

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