E-Portfolio #2 Dr.Georgia Dunston

Dr.Dunston presentation was the "Abandonment,Dismemberment and Reawakening:The History and Legacy of Howard University"about the National Human Genome Center here at Howard University and the importance of knowledge about the human genome.She connected the knowledge of Africans, biology, human identity and the pursuit of wisdom across the human population around the world. This presentation struck close to home because she incorporated the use of science whereas my major is chemistry. Although I did walk away from Dr.Dunston's presentation a bit confused I did learn that everybody shares 99.9% of the same genome but that 1% makes us who we are as individuals.Which was shocking because we all are not as different from each other as we think we are. She spoke about the well known fact that all humans date back to Africa and then dispersed into different regions of the world and its seen in our DNA variation.She also stretched not only the knowledge side of the human genome but the medical side as well. And in order for us to be healthy people in 2010 there was a cycle of education and training,increase participation and inclusion in clinical trials. Howard university needs to lead the path of knowledge about the human genome and it will promise medical opportunity,commercial promise,ethical danger and social challenge.