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Jan 26 2016

How Personalized Medicine Works

39 min 13 movies discussed
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Hippocrates realized that it is even more important to understand the patient than to understand the disease and now, 2000 years later, we are coming back to that way of thinking with personalized medicine. ?

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Josh and Chuck explore how medicine is shifting from a one-size-fits-all approach to treatments tailored to your individual genetics, diving into the fascinating world of personalized medicine and pharmacogenetics. They trace how this field developed from ancient ideas about treating people differently, through World War II discoveries about varying drug responses, all the way to today's breakthroughs enabled by the plummeting cost of genome sequencing. Along the way, they discuss real success stories like custom cancer treatments and artificial pancreas devices, while also examining serious obstacles ahead including privacy concerns, genetic discrimination, and the challenge of processing massive amounts of genetic data to actually help patients.

Movies Discussed

A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 R 1h 31m
★ 7.3
"Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween. — Listed as part of number 6 on listener's Satanic Panic movies list, though hosts dispute this categorization."
Children of the Corn
Children of the Corn
1984 R 1h 32m
★ 5.7
"Number eight, Children of the Corn. — Listed as number 8 on listener's Satanic Panic movies list."
Dragnet
Dragnet
1987 1h 46m
★ 6.0
"Number 10, Dragnet. — Listener's list of mainstream 80s Satanic Panic movies includes Dragnet at number 10."
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th
1980 1h 35m
★ 6.4
"Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween. — Listed as part of number 6 on listener's Satanic Panic movies list, though hosts dispute this categorization."
Gattaca
Gattaca
1997 1h 47m
★ 7.6
"No, that's like Gattaca. — Chuck compares the future of personalized medicine and genome sequencing to the movie Gattaca." — Chuck
Halloween
Halloween
1978 1h 31m
★ 7.6
"Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween. — Listed as part of number 6 on listener's Satanic Panic movies list, though hosts dispute this categorization."
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 1h 58m
★ 7.3
"Number three, Indiana Jones in the Temple of Doom. Ritual Sacrifice. — Listed as number 3 on listener's Satanic Panic movies list, referencing ritual sacrifice themes."
Poltergeist
Poltergeist
1982 1h 54m
★ 7.2
"Number two, Poltergeist. No. No, not even close. — Listed as number 2 on listener's Satanic Panic movies list, though Josh disputes it belonging on the list." — Josh
The 'Burbs
The 'Burbs
1989 PG 1h 42m
★ 6.8
"Number five, The Burbs. — Listed as number 5 on listener's Satanic Panic movies list." — Josh
The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead
1981 1h 25m
★ 7.3
"Number four, The Evil Dead series. — Listed as number 4 on listener's Satanic Panic movies list."
The Golden Child
The Golden Child
1986 PG-13 1h 34m
★ 5.9
"Number nine, The Golden Child. He said this one does not hold up well. — Part of listener's top 10 list of Satanic Panic movies from the 80s." — Josh
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
★ 6.5
"Seven, Witches of Eastwick. Eastwick. — Listed as number 7 on listener's Satanic Panic movies list." — Josh
Young Sherlock Holmes
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985 PG-13 1h 49m
★ 6.8
"Number one, Young Sherlock Holmes. — Listed as number 1 on listener's Satanic Panic movies list, featuring a cult storyline."

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