Stockpiling black genes / by Wally Ashby.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Malveaux, Floyd., Interviewee.

Cannady, James.

Cannady, Sheryl J., Producer.

Brown, Tony, M.P.S.W., Interviewer, Producer.

Ashby, Wally., Director.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Black studies in video

Tony Brown's Journal

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gene libraries.

African Americans--Medical care.

African Americans.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (25 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York : Tony Brown Productions Inc., 2003.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

Summary:

In this edition of Tony Brown's Journal, Tony Brown and his guest, Dr. Floyd Malveaux, discuss a DNA bank, genetic diseases, and environmental health hazards. Howard University, a historically Black institution in Washington, D.C., plans to create the largest repository of DNA from 25,000 African-Americans in order to reduce or eradicate the many diseases that plague the Black community. Dr. Floyd Malveaux, dean of Howard University's College of Medicine, discusses this new medical initiative.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 28, 2014).

OCLC:

881547736

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.