We found 9 episodes of The Genetics Podcast with the tag “research”.
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EP 41 Keith McArthur, the rare disease dad who is re-writing the rules in order to find a cure for his son - Live Podcast
July 25th, 2020 | 50 mins 27 secs
genetics, grin, patients, rare disease, research
Keith McArthur is one of the parents re-writing the rules for research in rare disease. Keith is CEO of the CureGRIN foundation, a non-profit backed by the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. Keith and his co-founder Denise Rehner believe that patients hold the power to accelerate research and drive progress, and that a cure for GRIN Disorders is possible.
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EP 40 Professor Sir Rory Collins on the origins and future of the UKBiobank
July 23rd, 2020 | 34 mins 58 secs
biobank, coronavirus, covid, covid19, genetics, medical research, medicine, research
Professor Sir Rory Collins, Founder and Chief Executive of the UK Biobank, talks to us this week about the origins of this world-changing project that has catalysed a wave of new discoveries in large part by levelling playing field in data access.
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Ep 39 How hundreds of scientists from 50 nations are collaborating on Slack to study genetics & COVID19 with Dr Andrea Ganna
July 9th, 2020 | 41 mins 56 secs
covid, covid 19, genetics, research, researchers, virus
Andrea Ganna has been leading COVID19HG, a worldwide effort to understand the role that our genetics plays in COVID-19 infection and severity. In this episode, we discuss some of the group's findings so far and the origins of this initiative, which has now attracted hundreds of researchers from over 50 nations.
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EP 37: The future of medical research post COVID
June 10th, 2020 | 44 mins 21 secs
coronavirus, covid, covid19, medical research, medicine, research
This week, we look at some of the dramatic changes in the field of medical research as a result of COVID19 making it unsafe for people to visit medical research facilities, and medical professional's time and efforts being redirected to fighting the new virus.
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EP 30: Patient powered research networks - the future of medical research with Jillian Hastings Ward
March 17th, 2020 | 40 mins 39 secs
drug repurposing, genetics, medical research, rare disease, research
Today, Jillian Hastings Ward is a leader in the 100,000 genomes project, but she and her family started off as one of the first families whose DNA was sequenced by the project in 2015.
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EP 29: Is breath testing the new frontier in preventive medicine? Conversation with Billy Boyle, Founder and CEO of Owlstone Medical
March 5th, 2020 | 36 mins 54 secs
drug repurposing, genetics, medical research, rare disease, research
Patrick talks to Billy Boyle in this episode about his role as CEO at Owlstone Medical and the reasons behind his drive towards early diagnosis. From cancer detection to the effects of air pollution, the potential future uses for this amazing technology seems unlimited while also removing the fear of most current testing.
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EP 28: Drug repurposing for rare disease and the future of health with Dr Bruce Bloom (CCO of Healx) and Dr Mike Tranfaglia (CSO of FRAXA)
February 19th, 2020 | 1 hr 12 secs
drug repurposing, genetics, medical research, rare disease, research
Patrick is joined by Dr Bruce Bloom and Dr Mike Tranfaglia to discuss the future of health, the opportunities drug repurposing offers, and how machine learning fits in.
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EP 27: From Big Data to New Medicines with Dr Jeff Barrett, CSO of Genomics PLC
February 6th, 2020 | 35 mins 6 secs
drug repurposing, genetics, medical research, rare disease, research
Patrick interviews Dr Jeff Barrett from Genomics PLC about how genetic data can be used for drug discovery and the future of precision medicine.
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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.