Dr. Szyf is a pioneer in the field of epigenetics, he holds a PhD from the celebrated Hebrew University, a postdoctoral fellowship in Genetics at Harvard Medical School, a Professorship at McGill University and a Chair in Pharmacology at GlaxoSmithKline.
5:33 DNA as the operating system of our lives
6:14 Disease causes disruption in the DNA
6:41 DNA methylation gives us an insight into what’s going on in our DNA
7:07 Epi Age testing can tell us how many years we’ve been living in this world, and may give insight into how many years we may have left
8:02 Chronological age and epigenetic age can be good indicators for life span
11:17 Epi Age is a lifestyle product
12:59 Identifying the markers for aging
14:23 How Epi Age is different
17:05 What are the most effective ways to slow down the clock?
17:29 Behaviours that can help slow down the clock
18:28 epiAging app
19:51 epiAge test results tell you what you’re DNA thinks of what you’re doing
22:21 The first step in slowing down the clock is to get to a state of balance
23:58 Using AI to derive some conclusions from an individual result against a general lifestyle model
24:30 The great revolution will come from mathematics and technology to capture the complexity of humans
26:24 The idea of sharing -- creating a “Waze” of health
27:08 Health data safety and privacy
28:06 Balancing privacy and sharing -- learning about diseases without consequences to the individual
29:00 Sharing public methylation data can help save millions of lives
31:19 Firewalled personal data and medical data -a solution to protect the individual
32:25 Goal: To get the best solutions to prevent anyone to hack the database
33:41 The collaboration between Epi-Age and users
36:41 The best way to use the Epi-Age test
40:25 Transferring the responsibility of health from your doctor to yourself
40:45 Experience as a teacher
41:10 Trial, error, and scientific truth
41:36 Self-empowerment and the biohacking movement
43:22 Technology empowers people about medicine
44:37 epiAge app as a source of information for lifestyle trends
48:11 Environmental influence on genetics
49:38 The impact of your mental environment on your health
50:02 Listen to your own clock
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Link to Dr Szyf’s Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/38OUCtzkT4Q
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