Prof. David Finnegan - The Human Genome: Everybody Has One
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Professor David Finnegan, Head of the Institute of Cell Biology, presents "The Human Genome: Everybody Has One". Despite the complexity of the human genome, we inherit about 3 billion precisely ordered units of information from each parent, it is now possible to determine individual genome sequences rapidly and at low cost. This lecture discusses the implications of this for us as individuals, and for society as a whole. This lecture is part of the University's "Our Changing World" public lecture series, which examines the global challenges facing society, and the role of academia in meeting these challenges. This lecture was recorded on 15 October 2013 at the University of Edinburgh's Appleton Tower.
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