Ira Flatow

But what about the mutations that might be responsible for aging?

Right, right.

You know, I remember when the first human genome was sequenced in 2000.

It ushered in a revolution in biology.

But there was another technologic advance more recently called single cell sequencing.

Please explain what that is and how did that shape our understanding of cell mutations?

How could this new understanding of mutations change how we understand human health and what kinds of new treatments are possible?

Now, I know you've been writing about genetics and biology for a long time.

Has writing this book changed how you think about the causes of illness and disease at all?

It does.

And it's very interesting.

And I'm thanking you for taking time to be with us today, Roxanne.

Me too.

Roxanne Kamzi, science writer and author of the new book, Beyond Inheritance, Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health.

She's based in Montreal, Quebec.

This episode was produced by Shoshana Buxbaum.

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I'm Ira Flato.