Special Episode: Genetic Testing

The Science of Everything Podcast

James Fodor

Natural Sciences, Science, Social Sciences

4.8 • 750 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode I discuss genetic testing with Kira Dineen from DNA Today. We cover a range of topics including the process and science behind genetic testing, the types of genetic conditions that can be tested for, the difference between genotyping and gene sequencing, and the promises and potential issues with direct to consumer genetic testing. We also discuss developing social practises surrounding the use of gene technology, difficulties of informed concept, use of genetic material for criminal justice and ancestry databases, and potential future developments of these technologies. Link to Kira's podcast: DNA Today (dnapodcast.com) If you enjoyed the podcast please consider supporting the show by making a PayPal donation or becoming a Patreon supporter. https://www.patreon.com/jamesfodor https://www.paypal.me/ScienceofEverything

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0:00.0	Oh, my God, oh, wow, oh, oh, wow, oh, oh, man.
0:15.0	Oh, my... Welcome to the Science of Everything podcast.
0:35.2	Today we're doing a special episode.
0:37.0	My guest today is Kira from DNA Today. And Kira, welcome to Everything podcast. Today we're doing a special episode. My guest today is
0:37.6	Kira from DNA Today and Kira, welcome to the podcast. Well, thank you so much, James, for having me on.
0:44.4	So Kira, tell us a bit about yourself and your podcast and sort of what you do over there.
0:48.6	Sure. So my name is Kira Deneen and I am a genetic counselor. So we'll get into kind of what a genetic counselor does.
0:55.5	But in my role, I meet with pregnant patients or patients that are looking to become pregnant
0:59.9	in the near future to talk about genetic testing and family history. So all kind of genetic
1:04.4	conversations there. And then on DNA today, I'm the host and producer of the show. I've been doing
1:09.5	that for 10 years. And it's, it's been a blast. I talk to a and producer of the show. I've been doing that for 10 years. And it's,
1:11.7	it's been a blast. I talk to a lot of experts in genetics, talk to them about whatever they're
1:16.9	researching or whatever they're an expert in. So it's a really, really fun show. And we've,
1:23.5	we've had a lot of episodes over the last 10 years. So it's a great way to just be active in
1:29.6	the genetics community outside of direct patient care. Yeah, that's really cool. It's exciting
1:35.4	to meet a fellow podcaster who's been going for so long. What motivated you originally to
1:40.4	start the podcast and what sort of kept you going for so long? In high school, I learned about genetics, started to, and I was like, well, this seems like a cool
1:49.1	area of biology. And I was like, I want to do something in genetics, but I don't know exactly
1:54.1	what a career in genetics looks like. So I started by starting the podcast as a way to like
2:00.5	explore different careers and kind of get my feet
2:03.4	wet with genetics and learned about genetic counseling through that. And then was like, all right,
2:09.2	I want to become a genetic counselor. And so the show really in some ways is kind of like for me
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