Genes, Mitochondria, and Obesity

Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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00:00 – Introduction
08:05 – Molecular basis for human disease
32:04 – Deadliest diseases
37:47 – Genetic component of diseases
46:38 – Genetic understanding of disease
1:02:25 – Unified theory of human disease
1:08:26 – Genome circuitry
1:33:29 – CRISPR
1:45:06 – Mitochondria
1:53:10 – Future of biology research
2:22:46 – The genetic circuitry of disease