Dr. Dennis Drayna on Gene Research, Pagoclone, and Much More (Episode 18)

Posted by StutterTalk at 12/1/2007 6:59 PM and is filed under uncategorized

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StutterTalk welcomes Dennis Drayna, Ph.D. Dr. Drayna is Acting Chief of the Section on Systems Biology of Communication Disorders at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorder (a department of the National Institutes of Health).

Dr. Drayna discusses past and current research on the genetics of stuttering, twin studies, linkage studies in Pakistan and Cameroon, Pagoclone studies, the possibility that rodents stutter, the relationship between animal and human genes, the brain's relationship to stuttering, gene mutations, and much, much more.


Dr. Drayna provided StutterTalk with this Update on Genetics Research  (ppt file). Below is a partial list of papers and abstracts written or co-written by Dr. Drayna on the genetics of stuttering:
 The Stuttering Foundation has put together a list of some basic research articles relating to etiology and genetic research. Dr. Drayna recommends that listeners check out research by Dr. Gerald Maguire. Many references to articles by Dr. Maguire may be found at the University of California's Stuttering Research Group.

Thanks to the Brooklyn based Hold Steady for supplying their musical goodness to StutterTalk. We also include some fine music from Eric's band Rocketship Park.


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