The Blue Hour Episode March 30, 2009
Michael Hayden - On Molecular medicine and therapeutics
6:58am - 7:28am
Dr Michael Hayden, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics Dr. Michael Hayden, professor of Medical Genetics and Canada's 2008 Health Researcher of the Year discusses his goals to understand how changes in specific genes result in specific diseases, usually in adult life, in particular Huntington disease. He also discusses his Ripples of Hope Foundation that will bring trainees from Africa to Canada to study in four areas: global health (HIV-AIDS and tuberculosis), mental health, rare diseases, an biotechnology and entrepreneurship. Music from Woody Guthrie.