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Genes – genome atlas project

#290 ‒ Liquid biopsies for early cancer detection, the role of epigenetics in aging, and the future of aging research | Alex Aravanis, M.D., Ph.D.

Age is your single biggest risk factor for cancer. The population over 50 is about a 10x increased risk relative to the population under 50.” —Alex Aravanis

#244 ‒ The history of the cell, cell therapy, gene therapy, and more | Siddhartha Mukherjee

“I liken the human genome to a score of music, but a score is lifeless. There’s no music in a score, it’s just a code. You need a musician to bring it to life, and the cell is that musician.” —Sid Mukherjee

#62 – Keith Flaherty, M.D.: Deep dive into cancer— History of oncology, novel approaches to treatment, and the exciting and hopeful future

“We can’t keep hitting the same pillar and expect that we’re going to cure cancer. . .we need the activators of the immune system, we need the inhibitors of the activated oncogenes, we need the drugs that target epigenetic regulators, and we need the metabolic switch regulators.” — Keith Flaherty

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