Dna Today: A Genetics Podcast

It’s Sickle Cell Awareness month, so we are sharing this episode of Lifting the Veilpodcast where Beveraly Mills and Elaine Buck interview our host, Kira Dineen, about the condition!On Lifting the Veil, Beverly and Elaine cover, and uncover, the truth about African-American history. Misconceptions, lies, skewed facts, and untruths about the African-American narrative get straightened out here, once and for all.On This Episode We Discuss:Health disparities specifically in black communityBirth mortality rates of black people Funding/support for sickle cell disease research compared to other disease like cystic fibrosisHenrietta Lacks’s story and its impact on science, medicine, and her familyTreatments for sickle cell including bone marrow transplant and CRISPR clinical trials You can listen to the episode here, and check out their other episodes on New Pod City. If you’re interested, you can read the article mentioned throughout the interview, “Comparison of US Federal and Foundation Funding of Resea