The Road to Genome

This week, Helen completes her interview with Professor Sir John Burn, focusing on his ground-breaking research and discoveries in the specialist field of Lynch Syndrome - one of the more common causes of inherited cancer, including bowel cancer and endometrial cancer. He also talks about the trials he has led over many years demonstrating the importance of aspirin in treating and reducing the ris...

This week, your host Helen Bethell is in conversation with Professor Sir John Burn, who perhaps needs little introduction. Sir John is a colossus in the field of genomic medicine and research, and he reflects on his incredible medical and academic career to date. Tracking his fascinating journey from growing up in a pit village in County Durham through to being an entrepreneurial trailblazer in hi...

This week, Helen is in conversation with Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Dr Jackie Cook, who, during her 30 years or so in genomics, has seen it all, from small beginnings when genetic testing was very limited, through to the mapping of the first human genome and all the innovative advances in genomic medicine that followed, and the impact these have on the patient journey.

This week host Helen Bethell is in conversation with patient, Jack Darling who works in the communications team with the NEY GMS. But he's also a patient with a rare genetic heart condition. In this episode, Jack openly shares his own emotional journey - from undergoing genetic testing as a teenager, through to receiving his diagnosis and treatment options, and the impact all of this has had on hi...