by Rome Madison | May 2, 2025 | 2025 Season 1, Cancer, CAR-T therapy, Clinical Trials, CRISPR, genetic testing
In this powerful episode we sit down with Tom Whitehead, co-founder of the Emily Whitehead Foundation along with wife Kari and daughter Emily, to share their incredible story of the first pediatric cancer patient ever treated with CAR-T cell therapy. What began as a...
by Rome Madison | Apr 24, 2025 | 2025 Season 1, AI, Clinical Trials, genetic testing, genomic testing
In this episode Rome welcomes Andy Moye PhD, healthcare industry executive and AI expert, to discuss the transformative role of artificial intelligence in genetics and precision medicine. AI isn’t just a buzzword . . . it’s a tool to make healthcare more accurate,...
by Rome Madison | Apr 17, 2025 | 2025 Season 1, Breast Cancer, Cancer, genetic testing, Hereditary cancer testing, Uncategorized
After her mother’s battle with breast cancer, Caroline became vigilant about early detection. But when her own diagnosis came, the real surprise wasn’t just the cancer, it was the genetic revelation that followed. A PMS2 mutation unlocked a hidden risk for...
by Rome Madison | Apr 11, 2025 | 2025 Season 1, Cancer, colorectal cancer, genetic testing
When Karen Merritt’s mother started chemotherapy for cancer, no one told her family about DPYD testing, a simple genetic test that could have predicted her fatal reaction to the common chemo drugs called fluoropyrimidines (like 5-fluorouracil and capecitabine). ...
by Rome Madison | Apr 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
In this podcast episode, Rome Madison and Kristine Ashcraft, CEO and Founder of YouScript, discuss pharmacogenomics (PGx), the study of how genetics influence individual responses to medications. Kristine explains that genetic variations influence liver enzymes in...
