30 min listen
Genes and genomes
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2012
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Podcast episode
Description
It's now over a decade since the human genome was first sequenced, costing over a billion pounds and taking 13 years. Today, we're close to the thousand dollar genome. But what's in a genome, and what can it tell us about our risk of disease? Plus we'll be arguing the age of polar bears, and finding out about fish with skin cancer. And our gene of the month is one for the Trekkies out there - it's Tribbles.
Released:
Aug 13, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
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