The Promise and Peril of the Genomic Revolution

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🗓️ 29 April 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Get an update from the front lines of the genomic revolution when Neil Tyson interviews Anne Wojcicki, co-founder/CEO of genetic testing company 23andMe. In studio, bioethicist Prof. Robert Klitzman provides perspective. Chuck Nice co-hosts.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:05.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.6	Star Talk begins right now.
0:16.4	This is Star Talk and I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:21.1	And I'm also the director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum
0:25.7	of Natural History.
0:26.9	My co-host today, Chuck Nies, Chuck.
0:29.9	What's up, Neil?
0:30.9	Love you, man.
0:31.9	Love you too, man.
0:33.9	Love you.
0:34.9	Hello.
0:35.9	Hi, I'm Tom.
0:36.9	Today we're featuring my interview with Anne Wochicki, co-founder and CEO of the Genetic
0:40.8	Testing Company, 23 and me.
0:44.0	And we'll be talking about the promises and the perils of the genomic revolution.
0:48.4	I can't do that alone because I'm an astrophysicist where the hell are I know about genes.
0:52.7	So our guest today is Dr. Robert Klitzman, bioethicist and professor of psychiatry at Columbia
0:58.0	University.
0:59.3	And you co-founded Columbia Center for Bioethics.
1:02.5	That's just awesome.
1:04.2	Somebody's got to do it.
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