How rapid genome sequencing can help stop outbreaks

Science Friday | Nov 11

Last year, Harvard professor Pardis Sabeti and her colleague Christian Happi won a $100 million grant to develop their pathogen surveillance system called Sentinel. Sabeti joins Host Flora Lichtman to talk about the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak, and how their approach, which includes rapid genome sequencing, may help epidemiologists figure out how the virus spreads. 

Guest:

Dr. Pardis Sabeti is a computational geneticist and professor at Harvard University. She is also a core institute member of the Broad Institute of MIT.

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