HHMI's Holiday Lectures Video Extras

2013 Genomics: Cancer and Autism - Dante's Story: Genomics and Hemimegalencephaly


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Dante is a 10-year-old boy born with hemimegalencephaly—an enlargement of half his brain. This short film describes the decision to remove the affected half of his brain, his progress since the surgery, and how his preserved brain cells helped lead to the discovery of the genetic cause of the condition.
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HHMI's Holiday Lectures Video ExtrasBy Howard Hughes Medical Institute