Launch of the EP PerMed podcast ‘The Science of You’

On the surface, we’re all pretty similar. Two arms, two legs, a beating heart. If we zoom in on our DNA, we’ll find that 99.9% of it is the same for every single human on the planet. But it’s that tiny 0.1% that makes you, well, you. That’s the bit that determines how your body reacts to certain foods, how you process medicine, and even how you’re susceptible to certain diseases.

The same tiny 0.1% difference exists for the trillions of bacteria that live inside us. They also play a crucial role in how we digest foods, fight off infections, and even think and feel. Medicine is finally catching up to this idea, moving from a one-size-fits-all approach to something much more tailored – more you. The EP PerMed podcast series ‘The Science of You’ will explore the groundbreaking discoveries that are allowing us, through personalised medicine, to understand and harness these differences, transforming the way we approach medicine and healthcare.

DNA is the blueprint of life. In our first episode, we’ll trace the journey from the first sequencing of our genetic code to the game-changing implications this has for personalised medicine today.

Featuring interviews to: Aureliano Stingi (Polo Tecnologico Navacchio, Italy); Rachel Horton (University of Oxford, UK).

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Further episodes will be published soon. The ‘The Science of You’ podcast is currently available on Spotify and Apple Podcast. Please subscribe to make sure you don’t miss any new episodes.

Background information

The Science of You is a Chora Media podcast on behalf of the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine.

The podcast is written and hosted by Silvia Lazzaris, with editorial curation by Simone Clemente.
Sound and music supervision is by Luca Micheli.
Post-production and editing are done by Andrea Girelli.
Sound design is by Luca Possi.
The project manager is Silvia Arcidiacono Mutti.
The producer is Martina Conte, with post-production coordination by Matteo Scelsa.