DNA Files

Chicago Public Radio dug down into some of the issues surrounding our most fundamental building block – our DNA. WBEZ reporters tackled issues like homosexuality and biology, genetics and stress, ancestry and genetics.

Links and Resources

Go beyond the story by checking Websites and blogs about DNA-related research and issues.University of Chicago's Sarah GehlertUniversity of Chicago's Suzanne ConzenNorthwestern University's Eva RedeiGenetics BlogsFree Association-Nature Genetics BlogGene Sherpas-Personalized Medicin

Join the Forum

Reporter Lynette Kalsnes is giving listeners a look into her “reporters's notebook” by answering your questions about stories from The DNA Files series. Join the Forum.

Connecting DNA and Environment

Scientists and patients like those featured in the slideshow are involved in the research that connects DNA to environment.

Scientists Look for Link Between Stress and Disease

A lot of us think of our genes as sort of this immutable force. We're born with our DNA, and it doesn't change. But genes can be turned on or off. Or they can even be turned up or down, so they work with the intensity of a spotlight, or the dimness of a candle.

Future Perfect

Chicago Amplified archives discussions and lectures from the Illinois Humanities Council's Future Perfect: Conversations on the Meaning of the Genetics Revolution series.

Who Does This Issue Directly Affect?

View a slideshow of some key figures involved in the emerging field called pharmacogenomics.

Future Perfect

Chicago Amplified archives discussions and lectures from the Illinois Humanities Council's Future Perfect: Conversations on the Meaning of the Genetics Revolution series.

Links and Resources

Go beyond the story by checking Websites and blogs about DNA-related research and issues.**University of Chicago's Mark RatainLaboratory of Developmental NeuroscienceChicago-Kent Law Professor Lori AndrewsUniversity of Illinois-Chicago's Mark Stein Genetics Blogs:Free Associati

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