EP 26 Dr Matt Might: Ultra-rare disease advocate, precision medicine researcher, and Obama advisor

January 23rd, 2020  |  45 mins 57 secs

drug repurposing, genetics, medical research, rare disease, research

Patrick interviews Dr Matt Might, whose personal and professional life has brought him all the way to advising Obama and setting up his own institute.

EP 25 Ethics of DNA Marketplaces and Data Sharing with Dr Mahsa Shabani

December 24th, 2019  |  36 mins 53 secs

Patrick talks to Dr Mahsa Shabani, a researcher at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, University of Leuven. From the golden state killer to blockchain, they discuss the latest ethical issues in genetics.

EP 24 Diagnosis to clinical trial in 6 weeks with Gemma Stunt

December 6th, 2019  |  43 mins 43 secs

Dr Patrick Short talks to Gemma Stunt about her son Bertie’s diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, how to get involved in clinical trials and what life is really like with a currently ‘incurable’ genetic condition.

EP 23 Microbiome in birth and health with Dr Yan Shao

November 21st, 2019  |  34 mins 34 secs

Our guest this week is Dr Yan Shao from The Wellcome Sanger Institute, a non-profit British genomics and genetics research institute. In this episode, Dr Shao discusses the findings from his most recent study; where he and his team found significant...

EP 22 Behind every data point is a person with Dr Paul Wicks

October 29th, 2019  |  1 hr 51 secs

Get to know a little bit more about our new scientific advisor Dr Paul Wicks. Paul has dedicated much of his career to patient-centric research and building patient communities, particularly in rare disease. Paul has spent 17 years in the digital...

EP 21 The Genetics of Alzheimer's with Dash Genomics and HealthLytix

October 8th, 2019  |  38 mins 45 secs

This week on our podcast, we speak to Xing Xu from Dash Genomics and Renee George from HealthLytix about Alzheimer's disease. Dash Genomics has partnered with HealthLytix to produce a new model that helps you understand your individual risk of...

EP 20 Ring Chromosome 20 Syndrome with Allison Watson

October 4th, 2019  |  46 mins 2 secs

In this episode Patrick Short speaks with Allison Watson the co-founder and secretary of Ring20 Research and Support UK patient organisation and the co-chair of EpiCARE’s patient advisory group. Allison discusses the Ring Chromosome 20 syndrome and...

EP 19 Dr Patrick Short Discusses the Personalised Genomics Industry

September 25th, 2019  |  30 mins 52 secs

This episode was originally recorded for CUTalks, the podcast of the Cambridge University Technology & Enterprise club. In this podcast, CEO and Co-founder Dr Patrick Short discusses the personalised genomics industry, as well as his...

EP 18 Elin Haf Davies: How Aparito Uses Wearables & Mobile Apps to Run Patient-Centric Clinical Trials

September 19th, 2019  |  36 mins 3 secs

Our guest this week is Elin Haf Davies, who is the CEO of Aparito - a technology company that focuses on patient-generated health data. Elin is also an inspirational speaker, trans-atlantic rower and pediatric nurse. In this episode we discuss...

EP 17 Genetics News (September 2019)

September 10th, 2019  |  24 mins 59 secs

Last week, the shocking story that sick migrants undergoing lifesaving care can now be deported hit the NY times - but what effect will it have on clinical trials in America? Find out in this episode of our podcast, where we discuss the top four...

EP 16 Policy Development and Patient Engagement for Rare Disease with Alistair Kent

September 6th, 2019  |  1 hr 7 mins

This week on our podcast, we speak to Alastair Kent, a world leader in policy development and patient engagement for rare disease. In this episode, we discuss how research is changing in rare conditions and what part DNA sequencing and data sharing...

EP 15 DNA Today host Kira Dineen discusses Genetic Counselling

August 23rd, 2019  |  34 mins 12 secs

This week on our podcast we speak to Kira Dineen, a genetic counsellor in training and host of DNA Today. We ask Kira what she’s learned from more than 200 hours of conversation with leading doctors and researchers in genetics, as well as some...

EP 14 Genetics News

August 21st, 2019  |  29 mins 39 secs

In this episode, we cover the latest genetics news stories including; 1) 23andMe’s plan to start collecting health data 2) New research that’s sounding alarm bells about the accuracy of genotyping tests 3) The largest-ever study of genetics and...

EP 13 How Eurocentricity is holding genetics back with Dr. Alicia Martin

August 13th, 2019  |  34 mins 1 sec

Dr. Alicia Martin, a researcher at the Massachusets General Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, discusses the issues surrounding Eurocentricity in genetics studies.

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

August 6th, 2019  |  10 mins 55 secs

Dr Patrick Short answers the top genetic questions on quora. Which include:  1) How reliable is the DNA testing offered by sites like Ancestry.com or 23andMe? 2) Does DNA testing for diet and fitness really work? 3) Does 23andMe...

EP 11 Neil Bennett, Director of Research at Action Duchenne

July 31st, 2019  |  12 mins 37 secs

We recently held an event bringing together charities and patient registries to help them take the next step in doing genetic research. One of our speakers was Neil Bennett, the Director of Research at Action Duchenne and he discussed how they set up...