You and your genes hosted by Dr. David Moskowitz, with Ram Nadathur Geneticist

Dr Dave Moskowitz's special guest is Ram Nadathur, a geneticist and biotechnology expert who works for one of the leading DNA sequencing companies. He is an expert in precision medicine and genetics, and has a gift for explaining things. Our quest is to make knowledge accessible. 

Here are some of the points we could touch on:

1. Finding disease-variant associations
   1. Who pays?
   2. Where do the patients come from?
   3. Correction for ethnicity
2. Re-purposing drugs
   1. Who does the clinical research?
3. Spreading the word to primary care providers
   1. UpToDate? Doximity?
   2. Note: already existing protocols are being ignored: CKD, COPD, sickle cell, COVID
4. New drugs: Prophase Labs?
5. Diseases to solve: 
   1. Cancer: prediction, treatment (metastatic disease: differentiation therapy)
   2. Dementia: prediction & treatment
   3. Modifier genes for single gene disorders like CF, Huntington's, etc.