Welcome to ‘Nice Genes!’ Season 5

IN THIS EPISODE

Every mystery leaves a trail of clues. Fingerprints, call logs, maybe some tire tracks… or, of course, DNA. And when it comes to mysteries about our health, there are no shortages of leads to chase.

This season, join host, Dr. –or Detective– Kaylee Byers and the Nice Genes! CSI unit as we investigate the genomic breadcrumbs shaping the way we age, treat diseases– and even watch TV. We’ll uncover how “poo water” can tip us off to pandemics before they spread, to why some of the fittest athletes suddenly collapse on the field. And if you thought you smelled a “rat,” well, you’d be correct. Because we’ll also learn how our rodent sidekicks are helping us sniff out the world’s deadliest infectious disease.

Explore these cases and more in Nice Genes! season 5: “DNA Detectives”– resolving the genetic riddles behind our health, one story at a time.

TRANSCRIPT

00:00:02
Detective Kaylee Byers: So there I was, midnight, rain tapping on the window, coffee gone cold and another case closed. But nights like this, well, they never stay quiet for long. I never thought I’d end up a detective. I was just your average genomic scientist, podcaster. Okay, and maybe a little undercover rat work on the side. But that’s the thing about this line of work. You don’t always choose the DNA detective life. Sometimes, well, that DNA detective life, it chooses you.

00:00:38
Sergeant Reaon Ford: Byers, got our new assignment, another elite athlete collapsed this week.

00:00:43
Detective Kaylee Byers: Another one? There’s got to be a connection.

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00:00:46
Sergeant Reaon Ford: Likely, and we’ve got to figure it out pronto before it spirals faster than a double helix.

00:00:52
Detective Kaylee Byers: Like I said, never a quiet night.

Kaylee Byers: This season on Nice Genes!, we are putting on our detective trench coats and cracking the genomic cases, shaping our health one clue at a time. We’ll follow the trail on questions like could what we flush down the toilet help us detect the next pandemic?

00:01:11
Dr. Natalie Prystajecky: We consider ourselves poop detectives, but we’re like poop detectives at a community level, not at an individual level. It’s really a treasure trove when it comes to what people are flushing down the toilet.

00:01:20
Kaylee Byers: To, how do your favourite medical dramas shape how we think about science?

00:01:25
Dr. Krysta Coyle: There’s a scene where they print out a patient’s entire genomic sequence, and there’s so many things about that that are unrealistic.

00:01:33
Kaylee Byers: And, if tuberculosis is treatable, why is it still the world’s deadliest infectious disease? Oh, and yeah, rats are going to help with that investigation because if you’ve listened to this show, of course they are.

Tune in September 9th for season five Nice Genes! DNA Detectives hosted by me, Doctor, I mean, Detective Kaylee Byers. Get ready to follow the evidence wherever you get your podcasts.

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