EP 113: Harnessing human genetics to discover...

This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. Danny Miller, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Washington and Attending Physician at Seattle Children's Hospital. They discuss the case for making long-read ...  Show more

This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. Brent Richards, CEO and Founder of 5 Prime Sciences and Professor of Human Genetics, Epidemiology, and Medicine at McGill University. They discuss how to triangulate different types of genetic evidence to validate a drug ...  Show more

Join us as this season we dive into the topic of Genetics. In this first episode, we'll explore how a 19th-century monk, working quietly in his garden, set the stage for a scientific revolution. Our guest this episode is Janine Gessner Mash, Director at Arbor Genetic Counseling. ...  Show more

Jordi Mata-Fink, PhD, cofounder of Gate Bioscience, joins Vineeta Agarwala and Ben Portney of a16z Bio + Health.

In this episode, Jordi discusses how he and his cofounders are working to commercialize a novel class of therapeutics, termed 'molecular gates.' His company, ...

In the second full length episode of the podcast, we discuss the current state of personalized medicine and the advancements in genetics that have made it possible. 

Are rare diseases themselves rare? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about the science of gene therapy and how it can treat and potentially cure rare diseases with Gaurav Shah, CEO, Rocket Pharma.

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