Dr Justin O'Sullivan Photo: A.Grocz/M.Crawford
A molecular biologist at the Liggins Institute, Dr Justin O'Sullivan is doing research into mapping genes in 3D, which is opening the door to a new way of understanding, and therefore preventing and treating, all sorts of diseases. The insights gained through the technology have lead to more light being shed on the genetic drivers of type 1 diabetes and why seemingly unrelated diseases often overlap the diabetes. Dr O'Sullivan explains what has been uncovered by the new technology used to map DNA in three dimensions.
