Curing Disease With Genetics And AI

Manolis Kellis, an accomplished Computer Science Professor at MIT and member of the Broad Institute, is a trailblazer in computational biology. Renowned for leading the MIT Computational Biology Group, his impactful research spans disease genetics, epigenomics, and gene circuitry. With numerous cited publications and leadership in transformative genomics projects, Kellis has garnered prestigious accolades, including the PECASE and Sloan Fellowship, shaping the field with his international perspective from Greece and France to the US.

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[AdamHMortimer]

This makes me grateful to live in this time.

[rteammobile]

Great video. I hope I see this new medication in my lifetime.

[carennawillmont]

I appreciate so much this research and as a Finance person I want to support these missions. Let’s connect if your medical research is needing accounting and forecasting.

[monopolybillionaire]

People take about all these breakthroughs and they never see the light of day

[Pianessons]

This is not a negative thing, I’m not sure why it is sometimes perceived that way

[bill-tx]

when they can find a gene that increases IQ by 10 points

[ryandennis]

1:45 how to participate in restoring my october 2019 phenotype?

[dodsjanne]

Unfortunately tinnitus still has no cure :(

[Neonrena]

Sounds like a lot of tech bro hype. Waste of time watching this.

[aaronb]

AI won't even realy start to make real money intel after it enters biometric sensors and health optomasation and seamless language interpretation.

[sakondo]

How far unnecessary mental stress and genetics are related to diseases, most importantly genetic diseases?

[apexbeyond]

Why micro? What after micro? Which

Asked The Snake

[sajinmubarak]

I was here second, but not seen as comments would be flooded.
Other than that, this is promising not sure if the government can go ahead with this.

[tracnemaker]

This won't work. Will you take a microgram of every drug to optimize your body? Every day?