EP 12 Q&A: Quora's Top Genetics Questions

This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. James Zou, Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University. They discuss the concept of virtual biotechs and how AI agents link single cell data to clinical trial success, Paper to Agent and turning ...  Show more

This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Barrett, Group Leader at the Ellis Institute Finland and the University of Helsinki. They discuss using AI and federated biobank data to stratify common chronic diseases, how LLMs reading clinical notes in Finlan ...  Show more

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Race is a social construct — so why are DNA test kits like the ones from 23andMe coded like they reveal biological fact about the user's racial makeup? This episode, Short Wave Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber talks to anthropologist Agustín Fuentes about the limits of at- ...  Show more

DNA testing is big business. Millions of people worldwide are finding out about their ancestry and genetic health traits by sending off a spit sample to one of the big consumer genetic testing companies. But what do your genes really tell you? And could genetic testing have harmf ...  Show more

What is Guy Raz doing with that big ladder? And what does that have to do with genes? We’ve got questions AND answers on this relatively relatable round of Two Whats?! And A Wow! We’re challenging you to find the facts from the fiction about genetics! See Privacy Policy at https: ...  Show more