Tony Letai's guest appearances

Tony Letai

Mendelspod Podcast

Chris Mason

Noam Chomsky

Rob Knight

Shawn Baker

Eric Schadt

Amy Miller

Eric Topol

George Church

Carl Zimmer

Bonnie Anderson

David Orban

Neil Littman

Cathy Smith

Aubrey de Grey

John Cumbers

OwlTail

Dana Farber

It’s a question we’ve asked on the program before.  Are we over relying on the genomics route getting us to biomedical research paradise?  Should we be putting more eggs in other baskets?After combing through lots of clinical trials data, Tony Letai of Dana Farber and the Broad, found that a majority of cancer patients have not benefited from precision medicine.  On today’s show he says we need to rethink our approach to cancer research and treatment.

It’s a question we’ve asked on the program before.  Are we over relying on the genomics route getting us to biomedical research paradise?  Should we be putting more eggs in other baskets?<br><br>After combing through lots of clinical trials data, Tony Letai of Dana Farber and the Broad, <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.4389" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">found</a> that a majority of cancer patients have not benefited from precision medicine.  On today’s show he says we need to rethink our approach to cancer research and treatment.

Are We Asking Too Much of Genomics in Cancer Research?  Tony Letai, Dana Farber