Advances Thru the Human Genome: Tackling Both Rare and Common Diseases

Health Care on the Horizon

Hi everyone.

What if you, your child, your parent, or someone else you loved had a disease that could be prevented or possibly even cured by understanding your or their personal genetic makeup? I’m talking about anything from a rare disorder, to epilepsy, to cancer. Wow! Like how wonderful would that be?

Well, the good news is that’s not farfetched anymore. In fact, progress like this is being made almost every day as researchers, scientists, and clinicians study the makeup of our bodies, the human genome. And one of those genome scientists is Dr. Charles Steward, and he’s my guest expert on this episode, episode #8, of Health Care on the Horizon.

On this episode, Dr. Steward will share his knowledge and experience about such things as: (1) when did the effort to map the human genome begin-- and where are we now with that, (2) why the effort to understand the human genome and benefit from that is a global exercise, (3) what are some specific diseases which genomic research is having a positive impact on, and 4) what impact our understanding of the human genome could potentially have on us—individually-- over the next decade and beyond.

Dr. Charles Steward is an internationally renowned patient advocate and genome scientist, who has spent nearly 29 years working with the human genome and rare diseases. He spent 22 years at the Wellcome Sanger Insititute, which is where he did his PhD and has co-authored numerous publications. Charles has taught extensively about the human genome at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, and internationally with the Wellcome Trust. He’s also worked with Congenica, and currently is the Head of Patient and Participant Engagement at Genomics England.

Dr. Steward is also the father of two children with severe neurological disorders who have been through numerous UK-based genomic studies, including Genomics England's 100000 Genomes Project. He’s also a patron and trustee for Hope for Epilepsy London.

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