When Joselin Linder was a teenager, her beloved dad, Dr William Linder, became mysteriously sick in his 40s.  His doctors, as well as medical professionals across the US and around the world, watched his body slowly decline.  But there were no answers.  By age 49, he was dead. 

One of the world’s leading genetics research teams - at the Seidman Lab at Harvard Medical School – discovered that Jos too had inherited the same genetic mutation that had not only killed her father, but five other members of her family.

For perhaps the first time in medical history, this population (known in scientific terms as a FOUNDER POPULATION) has been isolated and through the efforts (and immense sacrifices) of Jos and her family, the gene won’t be passed on to a 5th generation. 

But those living with the gene - including Jos and her sister Hilary - are still fighting to find a cure.

BUT BEFORE YOU GO…

Find out more about Jos here: http://www.thefamilygenebook.com/

Find more about The Family Gene here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-family-gene-joselin-linder?variant=32207719137314

Follow Jos on Insta: @joselinder

Follow Jos on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joselinder?lang=en

Jos’ Article in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/well/live/mortality-genetic-disorder.html

Jos at TedX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guWkr2xE7a0&feature=emb_logo

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CREDITS:

Creator, Host & Executive Producer: Tammi Faraday

With thanks to my special guest: Joselin Linder

Audio Editor: Zoltan Fecso

With very special thanks to George Weinberg

Brave Journeys acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the  Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung who are part of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.