Session 6 Trailer

Welcome to ‘Nice Genes!’ Season 6

IN THIS EPISODE

Have you heard about the radioactive wolves in Chernobyl? Or the latest gene-editing tech that’s curing rare diseases? Or that male birth control might be on the horizon? No?!

Well, get ready, because while we’ve been busy living our lives, genomics has been moving – fast! Things that once read like science fiction are moving on over to the non-fiction section.

This season on Nice Genes!, join Dr. Kaylee Byers as she engages in some big genomics breakthroughs – from personalized cancer treatments, to how our bodies react in space, to how animals adapt to the most extreme environments, and whether we can actually change how we age.

It’s a whole new gene-eration (if you will) of discoveries that you won’t want to miss!

New episodes every two weeks, starting September 8th. Make sure you follow Nice Genes! so you don’t miss an episode!

TRANSCRIPT

00:00:00
Dr. Kaylee Byers: Thinking about the future can be a lot, especially with everything
we’ve got going on in the day-to-day. But while we’e all trying to keep up with the
present, the future has a funny way of sneaking up on us. And in genomics, the future is
kind of already here.

Oh, hi. I’m Dr. Kaylee Byers and welcome to season six of Nice Genes! This time,
genomics boldly goes into its next generation, exploring new discoveries that not that
long ago sounded like science fiction.
Is male birth control finally here?

00:00:40
Dr. Premal Patel: It’s coming down the pipeline and these things are showing promise.

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00:00:42
Dr. Kaylee Byers: Coming down the pipeline, you cannot make this stuff up. How are
new gene editing tools helping treat diseases we thought were incurable?

00:00:52
News Clip: A British Columbia teen is the first person in the world known to have
received and been cured of his rare disease by breakthrough gene editing treatment
known as prime editing.

00:01:03
Dr. Kaylee Byers: Or radioactive wolves, anyone?

00:01:06
Dr. Cara Love: We now know that wolves have like seven times higher densities within
Chernobyl.

00:01:11
Dr. Kaylee Byers: It’s just like, wow, that’s so cool. Let’s figure out why. This is Nice
Genes!, the next “gene-eration”. See what I did there?

00:01:22
Clip: Engage.

00:01:22
Dr. Kaylee Byers: Join us September 8th for a healthy dose of genomics, a glimmer of
optimism, and as always, puns of various quality.
Engage. DN-Gauge. DNA-gauge.

00:01:36
Clip: Engage.

00:01:37
Dr. Kaylee Byers: Be sure to hit follow so you never miss an episode.

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