Faculty First Year Seminars 197ANML3 - What?s in your genes?

Discovery and development of antibiotics and vaccines revolutionized healthcare in the 20th century and with it, changed the impact of once deadly infectious diseases. The 21st century marked the dawn of genomics which holds similar promise to revolutionize our understanding of health and disease. The course will discuss the tools used to understand what is coded in our DNA as well as how this genetic plan is modified throughout our lives by exposures that define the ?epigenetic? instructions --- the modifiable script in our DNA. Topics from recent news reports will be used to explore the impact of genetic testing and the promise for personalized medicine.

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