Let's Talk About Health: Epilepsy - is the genetic revolution friend or foe? Epilepsy, one of the most common neurological conditions worldwide, is characterised by a tendency for seizures starting in the brain. There are more than half a million people in the UK with epilepsy but in more than half the cause is not known. In this lecture we will explore how rapid advances in the field of genetics has changed our understanding of the cause(s) of epilepsy over the last 10 years. Twin studies showed us a long time ago that there is a genetic component to epilepsy, and family studies later identified some cases of epilepsy caused by a single gene. More recently, new developments in DNA sequencing have enabled us to identify new mutations that have occurred in children with (usually) severe epilepsy, often coupled with intellectual disability and autism, but without any family history of epilepsy. Join us to explore the advances, the dilemmas, and the hopes for the future as we hunt for a cure and or better treatments for epilepsy. Speakers Dr Richard FM Chin, Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre, and Professor Cathy Abbott, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, The University of Edinburgh Mar 15 2017 17.30 - 18.30 Let's Talk About Health: Epilepsy - is the genetic revolution friend or foe? Join us to explore the advances, the dilemmas, and the hopes for the future as we hunt for a cure and or better treatments for epilepsy. Queen's Medical Research Institute 47 Little France Crescent Edinburgh EH16 4TJ GB
Let's Talk About Health: Epilepsy - is the genetic revolution friend or foe? Epilepsy, one of the most common neurological conditions worldwide, is characterised by a tendency for seizures starting in the brain. There are more than half a million people in the UK with epilepsy but in more than half the cause is not known. In this lecture we will explore how rapid advances in the field of genetics has changed our understanding of the cause(s) of epilepsy over the last 10 years. Twin studies showed us a long time ago that there is a genetic component to epilepsy, and family studies later identified some cases of epilepsy caused by a single gene. More recently, new developments in DNA sequencing have enabled us to identify new mutations that have occurred in children with (usually) severe epilepsy, often coupled with intellectual disability and autism, but without any family history of epilepsy. Join us to explore the advances, the dilemmas, and the hopes for the future as we hunt for a cure and or better treatments for epilepsy. Speakers Dr Richard FM Chin, Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre, and Professor Cathy Abbott, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, The University of Edinburgh Mar 15 2017 17.30 - 18.30 Let's Talk About Health: Epilepsy - is the genetic revolution friend or foe? Join us to explore the advances, the dilemmas, and the hopes for the future as we hunt for a cure and or better treatments for epilepsy. Queen's Medical Research Institute 47 Little France Crescent Edinburgh EH16 4TJ GB
Mar 15 2017 17.30 - 18.30 Let's Talk About Health: Epilepsy - is the genetic revolution friend or foe? Join us to explore the advances, the dilemmas, and the hopes for the future as we hunt for a cure and or better treatments for epilepsy.
