There's lots of theoretically possible yet. So in principle, we could, there could be information. But I'm talking about, I'm completely healthy and I want to use your information to break my own record. Is there something you can tell me that can make that happen? For example, does my chemistry differ from yours in how I metabolize sugar to draw energy from it? Or is that just something I trained to do rather than was born with the genetics to enable? That means he's genetically cheating. Not because he's not on a level playing field with the other competitors. Well, so therefore let me dope my blood so that it does what his blood does. And that way
Can you predict your future health using genetics? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore advances in genetic testing, polygenic risk scores, and the future of genetics with geneticist Dr. Stuart Kim.
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