How To Protect Your DNA with Epigeneticist, Dr. Amanda Khoury

About this episode

The episode discusses epigenetics and how it can be used to protect DNA and reduce disease risk.

Today we’re talking all about epigenetics! What is it, how does it work and how can we use that information to protect our DNA and reduce our risk of diseases such as cancer. Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/yJTXCSDGDeE Dr. Amanda Khoury is a Cancer Epigeneticist who is driven by a deep curiosity to work out how our bodies work and how a breakdown in our epigenetic processes can give rise to disease. Dr. Khoury’s work focuses on preventing DNA damage and developing therapi...

People in this episode

Host: Jesse Crowe

Guest: Dr. Amanda Khoury

Topics covered

• epigenetics
• DNA protection
• cancer prevention
• health
• science

Keywords

• epigenetics
• DNA
• cancer
• disease prevention
• health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cancer Epigeneticist

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