Rapid genome sequencing in the clinic
Inside Health
BBC
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
James meets a record breaking doctor who is analysing DNA so quickly it is transforming treatment in intensive care and from one of his patients, Matthew, who discovered he needed a new heart. Then James has a disgusting confession as we discuss losing weight by getting more sleep. And can we get better therapies for all of us by copying the revolutionary trial that transformed the pandemic.?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, |
| 0:05.4 | The Traitors Uncloaked. But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's |
| 0:10.6 | Saturday bonus episodes, the Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Ryland, and comedy specials |
| 0:16.2 | from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffel and Rommas Shranger Nathan. However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncloked. |
| 0:24.3 | So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:29.4 | Hello and welcome to the Inside Health podcast with me, James Gallagher. |
| 0:33.3 | I've got a horrible, dirty confession to share with you this week. |
| 0:37.3 | I warn you, your opinion of me could drop considerably when we start discussing whether sleep can help us lose weight later. |
| 0:44.5 | We're also going to see if a revolutionary trial that gave us the first COVID treatments |
| 0:49.8 | could have the same world-changing impact across all of medicine. |
| 0:54.2 | But first, another revolution. |
| 0:56.4 | Yes, they're like buses here on Inside Health, I hear you cry. |
| 0:59.7 | Well, we're going to talk about analysing our DNA. |
| 1:02.6 | All of it. |
| 1:03.4 | The whole genetic instruction manual for the human body. |
| 1:06.9 | If you remember the first attempt, it was the Human Genome Project. |
| 1:09.5 | It took more than a decade, laboratories around the world, and a price tag in the billions. |
| 1:15.8 | But now one study has done it so quickly they were able to use the results to transform treatment in intensive care. |
| 1:22.5 | Let's meet the team. |
| 1:23.7 | Hi, I'm Ewan Ashley. |
| 1:25.1 | I'm a professor of cardiovascular medicine and genetics at Stanford University in California. |
| 1:29.3 | And it's not very often we get to have a Guinness World Record holder on the program. |
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