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Can AI uplift entrepreneurs that traditional banks reject? | Mercedes Bidart

Can AI help people without a traditional credit history get access to fair loans? Impact entrepreneur Mercedes Bidart shows how AI is letting informal entrepreneurs in Latin America transform "invisible data" on their phones into a financial identity, helping them get credit and ... Show More

16m 47s

Yesterday

"The minister of loneliness" | Sarah Kay

Sarah Kay performs "The minister of loneliness," a heartwarming poem imagining what life would look like if homes were connected with tin-can telephone strings, creating a universe of curiosity, joy and connection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6m 6s

Nov 27

The daily practice that could rewire your brain | Timm Chiusano

<p>Timm Chiusano was having one of the worst days of his career when he found himself inexplicably fascinated by a mundane part of the world on his walk home. That moment sparked a life-changing realization: he was addicted to appreciation, and it was actually his superpower. He ... Show More

10m 17s

Nov 2023

The world's rarest diseases — and how they impact everyone | Anna Greka

<p>Physician-scientist Anna Greka investigates the world's rarest genetic diseases, decoding the secrets of our cells through "molecular detective work." She explains how her team is using new, advanced technology to solve decades-old medical mysteries — and shows how this work c ... Show More

13m 59s

Sep 2021

She leads genes, cells, and molecules into battle against rare childhood diseases

Tenured Professor of Pediatric Neurology and Neurogenetics Rose Mary Boustani has spent decades at AUB and Duke University tracking down the individual molecules, genes, and cells that cause rare childhood and adolescent diseases that had long been seen as incurable. She explains ... Show More

25m 36s

Mar 2023

Julie Williams on Alzheimer’s disease

There are almost a million people in the UK living with dementia, and Alzheimer’s is the most common form. But the disease actually starts long before any noticeable symptoms appear, and over the past decade, studies have shown that it is much more complex than previously thought ... Show More

28m 21s

Jun 2023

Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics

Our genes can tell us so much about us, from why we look the way we look, think the way we think, even what kind of diseases we might be likely to suffer from. But our genes aren't the whole story. There are other, complex and intriguing systems within every cell in our bodies wh ... Show More

28m 2s

Mar 2021

Solving Medical Mysteries in the World of Rare Disease

In this conversation, Stanford Professor Euan Ashley—geneticist, cardiologist, author of the new book, The Genome Odyssey, and first co-chair of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network—talks with Bio Eats World host Hanne Winarsky about one of the first places that genomic sequencing be ... Show More

38m 40s

Aug 2023

The Life Scientific: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Our genes can tell us so much about us, from why we look the way we look, think the way we think, even what kind of diseases we might be likely to suffer from. But our genes aren't the whole story. There are other, complex and intriguing systems within every cell in our bodies wh ... Show More

27m 22s

Jul 2022

The breakthrough science of mRNA medicine | Melissa J. Moore

<p>The secret behind medicine that uses messenger RNA (or mRNA) is that it "teaches" our bodies how to fight diseases on our own, leading to groundbreaking treatments for COVID-19 and, potentially one day, cancer, the flu and other ailments that have haunted humanity for millenni ... Show More

33m 8s

Jan 2020

The silence of the genes

In summer of 2019 NICE approved the use of a completely new class of drugs: the gene silencers. These compounds are transforming the lives of families who have rare debilitating – and sometimes fatal - diseases such as amyloidosis and porphyria. James Gallagher, BBC Health and Sc ... Show More

27m 21s

Jun 2023

A world of information in a single cell

Imagine being able to explore the fascinating world of individual cells and their genomic makeup, to unravel the mysteries hidden within our cells and to uncover the intricate mechanisms that cause disease. Today we meet Professor Joseph Powell, a cellular genomic scientist worki ... Show More

18m 51s

Apr 2024

From Theory to Therapy: The Evolution of AI in Medicine with Dr. Daphne Koller

<p>In this episode of the AI Grand Rounds podcast, <a href='https://www.insitro.com/leadership/daphne-koller/'>Dr. Daphne Koller</a> charts her professional trajectory, tracing her early fascination with computers to her influential role in AI and health care. Initially intrigued ... Show More

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The world's rarest diseases — and how th...