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Title Australian Story: Cracking the Code
Published Australia : ABC1, 2013
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Summary Introduced by Dr Norman Swan from ABC Radio's Health ReportThe Damiani family's story has been described as a breathtaking example of how medicine can be transformed by the determination of ordinary people. Four years ago, Stephen and Sally Damiani's baby son Massimo succumbed to a mystery disease. In the space of a few weeks, the toddler lost the ability to eat and crawl. The prognosis was bleak and the cause mystifying. Stephen Damiani, who has a background in construction economics and risk management, teamed up with a young geneticist to map the family's genome in an attempt to discover the cause of his son's illness.In the process, his seemingly impossible quest for answers has made a discovery that's astonished the international medical community and has implications for us all
Event Broadcast 2013-10-21 at 20:00:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Bioinformatics.
Brain -- Magnetic resonance imaging.
Genetic disorders -- Diagnosis.
Genetic disorders in children.
Nervous system -- Diseases.
Parents of children with disabilities -- Family relationships.
Australia.
Form Streaming video
Author Swan, Norman, host
Damiani, Sally, contributor
Damiani, Stephen, contributor
Hendler, Jo, contributor
Kaminsky, Leah, contributor
Leventer, Rick, contributor
Taft, Ryan, contributor
Vanderver, Adeline, contributor