Today, we sit down with Dr. Leroy Hood, a world-renowned scientist and recipient of the National Medal of Science. Dr. Hood has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Washington, where he has developed ground-breaking scientific instruments that have paved the way for major advances in biological and medical sciences.

In April of 2023, Dr. Hood released The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands, a book he co-authored with Dr. Nathan Price. In this book, they explore the new frontier of medicine – and show how we can optimize our health in ways that were previously unimaginable….

Jump in now to learn about:

• What blood can tell us about wellness and disease.
• What “precision population health” is, and how it helps doctors assess wellness.
• How DNA sequencing technology is advancing, and what this means for the future of medicine. 
• What early stage transitions look like for different types of diseases.

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