DIY Diagnosis

You can use your DNA to explore your genetic health ” but are you ready for what you might find when your genome is sequenced? Plus, practitioners of DIY brain stimulation who use a battery and electrode kits. And, how scientists diagnosed arthritis in a 70 million-year old dinosaur. Ouch.

Got aches and pains? Critters in the Cretaceous would have been sympathetic. A new study reveals that painful arthritis plagued a duck-billed dinosaur. Scientists impressively diagnosed the animal s condition without a house call by examining its 70 million-year old bones.
The technology we use for health diagnoses are becoming so sophisticated, some people are prompted to bypass doctors and do it themselves. Meet a man who had his genome sequenced and then had all 70 gigabytes delivered directly to him so that he could gauge his genetic health.
Also, practitioners who are trying to improve cognitive function using a battery and a few wires. Find out the possible risks and benefits of DIY brain stimulation.

Seth Shostak, Molly Bentley, Gary Niederhoff, Jennifer Anne, Carl Zimmer, Peter Simpson-Young, Anna Wexler

Seth Shostak – Host and producer
Molly Bentley – Co-host and executive producer
Gary Niederhoff – Producer
Barbara Vance – Production assistant
SETI Institute


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