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Yin Shen / Dark Genome

Click above to listen to Part 2 of DNA: Nature’s Hard Drive, featuring Yin Shen, assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, and member of ENCODE team, discussing identifying what surprises are tucked into the once-dismissed “dark genome”.

DNA: Nature’s Hard Drive:
Part 1: Paul Davies / Genetic Messages
Part 2: Yin Shen / Dark Genome
Part 3: Sam Sternberg / Using CRISPR
Part 4: Hank Greely / Unintended Consequences

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