Damn GINA, the infamous Martin reference but also the acronym for the Genetics Information Nondiscrimination Act. We learn all our homegirl GINA and what she can and cannot do from our fellow Geneti-SIS, Shawneequa Callier, an Associate Professor of medical ethics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. We also will learn about old methods used in forensics back in the day and we tell the beautiful story of Henrietta Lacks in our gene therapy segment.

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You can learn more about GINA,here.

https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/gina.cfm

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You can learn more about Shawneequa Callier here

https://www.gwumc.edu/smhs/facultydirectory/profile.cfm?empName=Shawneequa%20Callier&FacID=2051569427

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You can also follow her on Twitter here,

https://twitter.com/slcallier?lang=en

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The Nucleus (our transcript, The Helix (an episodic soundtrack), and Henrietta Facts (quick notes from the episode) will be posted soon