The Importance of Personal Choice

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"I've been around a lot of guys growing up who were so talented, silly talented. They never got into a professional system," he says. "So what are you going to run after them and say, you should do this because personal choice?" Tyson's father took up running in high school when gym instructor pointed out his body wouldn't excel at track. He became world class with the fifth fastest time in the world in his event,.

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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