The life-saving secrets in your baby's DNA | Robert C. Green

12/09/2025 12 min
The life-saving secrets in your baby's DNA | Robert C. Green

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What if we could get a heads-up about serious health issues before they begin, from the moment a baby is born? In this groundbreaking talk, geneticist and physician Robert C. Green shares how his team became the first in the world to comprehensively sequence and analyze the DNA of healthy newborns, revealing hidden risks for treatable conditions. The future of medicine isn’t just about curing illness, he says — it's about predicting and preventing it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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