Word: orkin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stuart Orkin, a research fellow in Pediatrics, and Dr. David Nathan '51, Robert A. Stranahan Professor of, Pediatrics, along with other scientists from Yale University and Haceteppe University in Turkey, made the discovery, which enables doctors to detect certain genetic diseases in unborn babies...
...Identifying single genes is not a new phenomenon," Orkin said yesterday, "The breakthrough is in identifying a gene from a fetus...
...theoretically possible to detect such illnesses as sickle-cell anemia and cystic fibrosis," Orkin said. "All you have to find out is what to look for in the gene...
...Orkin explained that the image produced was a row of fuzzy-looking black bands. If one of the bands is missing, the gene is defective, he added...
Before the discoverty was made, the only way to tell if a fetus was anemic was to take a blood sample. Orkin called this "a risky procedure." The new technique allows doctors to look at hemoglobin cells from the fluid around the fetus...