Episode 502
How can we identify a diseased gene?
What are scientists actually looking for when trying to discover a diseased gene?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
March 28, 20225m 26s
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Show Notes
Malcolm wrote in to ask "How can we identify a disease? When looking at a sample of chromosomes, what are scientists looking for to spot a diseased gene?". Otis Kingsman spoke to Jocelynn Pearl from the Lady Scientist Podcast to solve this mutation mystery... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
Jocelynn PearlDiseased genesgenesnucleotidescodonmutations