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it's an ordinary day for antonio and her family. she's just finished taking her medication. where should i put the bottle? put it away, please. well i'll but we're on tonia is 9 years old. she has to take medication 7 times a day. it used to be 10 times including at nights, often through a gastric to natural color. i can do it alone at school, but at home it's easy to forget what time to take. it is pretty much we do. i usually bring it to her. we go to the same school and the entry on tonia has system notices or rare genetic disorder that causes sustain crystal deform throughout her body. that leads to oregon damage, especially in the kidneys, in ice without treatment, the damage worse since over time. and i'm, i liked the music, my mom says there are some kinds of crystals inside me. that's why i need to use the i dropped other and she says, my eyes will eventually go blind on my dish,

get them present 1st as well. and we don't want that to cuz it's orders to come to . yeah, but sure. but the eye drops are annoying that antonio was diagnosed on her 1st birthday for her parents. the news came as a shock, but it also allowed her to begin treatment, helping to prevent more serious organ damage. had she been diagnosed as a newborn her life to day might be very different. that went to see this, this, the difference is that she wouldn't have kidney damage kind of from the moment problem to showing for the children. that means they don't need as much medication and daily life is easier for them and their families. it's leaving for searchers help that in the future. ready serious genetic diseases will be diagnosed as early as possible after birth. a project based at the university hospitals ohio back in mannheim. it's exploring how this might work. the existing newborn screening

program could serve as a model every day. hundreds of blood samples from newborns are set to hide on bad weather, tested for medical like disorders and a few genetic conditions. the researchers believe the screening could be expanded. it's supposed to disappear, which, fortunately to there have been significant advances in molecular genetic technology . and the methods available to us guys hudson mission today, we could screen not just for 19 diseases, but for done since or even hundreds of them. screen. in theory, analyzing a newborn's entire genome could become routine that would only require a few drops of blood. and full genome analysis is becoming increasingly affordable . the scene go into the homeless initially, the goal of the screening isn't to filter out children. what we aim to do is diagnose affected babies and sheltering desperately as possible. thank site visit site to check and that's different from prenatal screening. this is where the focus

might be under terminating of pregnancy and see that's not the purpose of our program. and so the and how about the home key disapproval? even postnatal diagnostics for newborns is complex and raises many questions that's following the new lives project brings together experts from several fields including ethics, law, psychology, genetics, and pediatric medicine. one key concern is what happens to the data after newborns are tested. how should it be stored and protected? i just opened up is 5 surveys of parents have shown that this is a major concern. and so have studies carried out by international projects. no one wants their child's genome to be exposed in a data leak or to be misused in some other way off. but another important question is which diseases should be included in the screening feminist type screen? if the screening is too broad, then all will be able to say to parents as your child might or might not develop

this condition that would place a heavy burden on them, leaving them anxious and worried. we want to limit the screening to genetic disorders that have a very high risk of actually manifesting themselves. that's why the researchers have devised strict criteria for which diseases to include. and the screening program is for once guns club. and that's the for us. it's very clear about me on the suite only want to identifying genetic variants that cause genetic disorders that manifest in early childhood food and keep this money fist in. and we aim to identify diseases where early screening or treatment could significantly improve outcomes or even lead to a tourist or to come to that kind of good and can. so any diagnosis made through screening must have a direct impact on treatment. while this seems reasonable, that also means withholding diagnoses that could still be important to families is

take the romero family 7 year old kiara has a rare genetic disorder calling to 15 q syndrome. children born with this condition can have a range of complex disabilities including autism, spectrum disorder, and epilepsy. m. it's 6 more mountain park there. she was 6 months old when she had her 1st seizure and anything. we went to the hospital, but they missed diagnosed it as a re fox and sent us home safely, things escalated quickly after that. when done and i had some kids aside. she was having a 1000 seizures a day, and we went through a long and difficult journey to finally get a diagnosis. you know, 6 for rena romero says the speed of diagnosis often depends on the medical team and the persistence of the parents. a diagnosis is crucial because it allows parents to build a support network and manage symptoms more effectively. shielding parents from a diagnosis doesn't make sense even if it takes time for the disease to become symptomatic. colma, the trauma isn't habitable,

no matter when i find out about the diagnosis, whether it's at birth or 30 years old. it might change the reality. the disability is there and it won't go away. getting sick. the specialist and title back in mannheim have chosen to focus on a clearly defined set of criteria. as we understand them, i don't dislike. i personally believe it's best to proceed step by step on introducing at, you know, make screening program for newborns would be a major step for our health care system. it is on pets, this team on file. so believe we have the right to know if i should be fully the right not to know certain things, including genetic information, need to inform us who on the seat the researchers are committed to upholding that right? well, also maintaining and the flexibility to expand the screening criteria, but it will still take years before genetic screening for newborns is widely introduced in germany. new lives will conclude in 2025 with other pilot projects set to follow the for the sins family. that would be welcome news. while

antonia's organ damage can't be undone, other children could be diagnosed and treated as newborns. allowing them to lead a more carefree life. wild, irritable, stubborn or cheerful, both nature genes, i'm new to our environment, help shape us. but what is that you determines our personality? that's where a studies of twins come in. when 2 people on genetically the same and grew up in the same environment, well, they end up with identical personality traits for us on and to is a new hundreds and the olympic training center in heidelberg is a home away from home. the identical twins are members of the german national boxing team. they share the same genes and the same passion for boxing, but they're not exactly the same. jose, you know,

is to minutes younger than his brother. he self critical discipline and conscientious us on the older twin is 2 centimeters taller. he's even tempered, optimistic and tearing and don't give him when we're with friends on the quiet or lines though. if i don't like something, i always try to get my way that's. he's more determined than i am, and we can do that for me. the little things that go a bit wrong, feel incredibly dramatic and for him is just no, well, it happens. it's supposed to be. i don't go looking for conflict, but i don't avoid it either. a song, but our son was always the one who got in the most trouble. how soon and was a new were born in gambia when they were for their biological father passed away. their mother thought to move to germany to earn a living while the twins stayed with extended family in gambia, in germany, 5 to remarry attend her new husband adopted us on do they know that age 8 the twins

joins their mother in germany? do they share the same genes and past their personalities aren't identical? so how did those differences come about? what role do genetics and environment play and shaping our personalities? at the university of a loan you appear to be in raleigh is conducting research on that question. does work, focuses on a specific trade risk tolerance, a trait that can be relevant for athletics, but also have an impact on health finances and other domains. and risk taking behavior or risk tolerance might apply to all of these domains and might apply differently. so what we try to get in our study was a general underlying trait that is kind of coming across different domains. in 2019 p through bureau, you conducted a study using data from a 1000000 people to participants answered questions like,

do you consider yourself a cautious or an adventurous person? and would you describe yourself as someone willing to take risks? the study also add allies to participants. genomes. human dna is made up of a chain of base pairs and about 99.9 percent of the sequence is identical in all humans. that remaining point one percent accounts for our differences. these variations in the human genome are called single nucleotide polymorphisms, or snips. these variants can explain not only physical traits such as here and i color, but also personality differences. p toby rowley has identified which snaps are linked to risk tolerance. what we end up finding is that we identified

a $124.00 snips, a $124.00 genetic variants that were strongly associated with the and robustly associated with risk tolerance. and these were scattered throughout the genome. $12.00 to $22.00 chromosomes out a single chromosomes and they were in $99.00 different low. so low site in the juno . so it's not just one but a large number of snaps that influence risk taking behavior. that discovery can also help explain other personality traits. only a handful of snips have a direct impact like those that determine i color most snips, only contribute to a genetic predisposition. if there is an environment that is receptive to disinclination, these genetic differences might lighten and might lead to even further differences . and so the environment like a lens could they could increase these differences, asking whether it's more genes or more environment. or there is someone else who

said, you know, a genes load, the gun and lifestyle pulled the trigger. in other words, our personalities are shaped by both our genes and our environment. but personality isn't set in stone. it can change over time. we can build on favorable genetic traits and compensate for less favorable ones. in the sports world, certain personality traits can spell the difference between victory and defeat. the twins are unusually courageous and determined. they train for hours each day, which demands both physical and mental stamina. and the only thing to succeed in this sports, you need a lot of willpower and a lot of discipline right from the beginning of august, 1 diag reviews and zine for book boxing takes a certain kind of personality. i mean, who willing he lets himself get punched in the face and it's pretty crazy. so an 8

of the about 5 percent of all accounts is i'll believe that they heard a tray. people who inhabit a genetic predisposition have a higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer over the lifetime. one of us, i've got a son, has a question about how can you avoid getting cancer? it can develop a almost anywhere in the body. a range of different factors can play a role in causing cancer. and while many kinds are not preventable, there are things you can do to reduce your risk of developing it. doctors least smoking as the greatest risk factor around one in 5 comes the diagnoses as being

attributed to it. the alcohol is also a major risk factor for a long time. experts underestimate the link between obesity in cancer, but many countries are now seeing a rise in bol accounts among young adults. anyone who is a beast by the age of 20, has more than twice the risk of developing counts as someone of average weight. and for those who remain a base, the risk increases with every year. what's called visceral abdominal fence is particularly appropriate. mantic. its surrounds the internal ink dens and leads to chronic inflammation which can promote too much development. fat cells also release estrogen which can stimulate cancer, cell grace, people who are overweight to produce excess into that, which is another risk factor. so it makes sense to reduce body fat,

particularly around the belly. you can do this to exercise. and spite eating a balanced diet. second, so you dislike broccoli. rad issues. brussel, sprouts, all white cabbage. camps of fighting prophecies, berries, and apples also contain self protecting substances. as to medicinal and aromatic trumps like garlic, ginger fronting around 40 percent discount, says could be prevented by a healthy lifestyle, but counts that can arise due to many causes among them, pollutants and genetic scientists. that's why it's important to have regular medical screenings, if they're available. if our blood is red, why do you have a science question? send it to us by video, text or voice mail. if we answer it on the show,

we'll send you a little surprises. the thank you. so go on. just ask one day soon. these little green circles might be a potent weapon against the concept that tiny robots that can be instructed to navigate their way to specific cells. the medical micro robots were developed. it's a technical, university of munich, pioneering team of researches. this reddish brown liquid contains around a 1000000 micro robots with is professor bana is collect 8 a month and her team can guide them under the microscope between clusters of human selves and the success of the new ones. it is. yeah, our micro robots are around inside the similar to so they can move, they can stimulate individual cells and they can be controlled wirelessly. he kind of in a wireless identico or button concert in the micro robots are about half the diameter

of human hair and are controlled by physical and chemical processes. rather than computer encased in biomaterial derived from algebra, they're essentially invisible to human cells in the future, they could deliver targeted substances and serve as therapy to tools. they can have some um, specific properties like we of surf. so we tend to inject some goals and on the particles to have some certainly effects to function the lies our micro. both one of the goals is to contribute to cancer research. the micro robots can be instructed to attach to a counselor, so seen here in blue and yellow, once heated with a laser, they can transfer that thermal energy to the cell which could make it more receptive to treatment. me kind of the question is how can we study kansas cells in a lab setting and how did they respond to different temperatures or other factors. but the, this isn't directly about cancer treatment and that's what we're aiming to do is

understand individual cancer cells better in the lab by which could help in developing more effective drugs and therapy support. and so we have fortune one day these micro robots could serve as a transport system. they could deliver drugs to specific cells or even help repair damaged organs by delivering tissues. i'm trying to encapsulates the time, so those sounds solves with concern. she says into parts cells, adults, cardiac cells. and then maybe we can use these micro jobs as a to, for self injection for sound saucer. p. forage in there. for now, the munich, based by the engineers, are working with tissue cultures and petri dishes. but soon, millions of these micro robots could be navigating the human body, helping to treat cancer and other diseases. so now we'll dive into a completely different well,

a virtual one that creates an interactive experience for all the senses. one day you might find it in a museum at school, or in vocational training for in medicine engineering, for aerospace, cutting edge technology, that's helping realities go virtual i minos k. that's great. welcome you here. root canal says the world of virtual reality. these players are their avatars for navigating the legendary labyrinth of the minutes or from outside the set. this all looks a bit peculiar, but it's the creation of cutting edge technology. virtual reality hardware and software are integrated directly into the b r headsets, allowing for seamless communication that allows the players or their avatars to interact with each other and the digital environment. it's more than just the game,

mino, x, r, and e. you funded flagship project aims to explore the full potential of the technology must be here and what we've developed here is a highly innovative, extended reality game experience, game experience. but the technology behind it has broad applications. for example, in fields like medicine and therapy and complication for to, to help where extended reality could significantly reduce costs, increased costs. you could say got this, i think i'm kind of gets, can you still get a vote on i'm in control and would love to give it a try. and visa for really will be guiding me through the labyrinth of the mandatory after which briefing on the technology coverage venture begins. a visa has transformed herself into a me no. and for now everything seems calm, but this unfamiliar world, somehow commands respect. we carefully make our way through

a narrow passage way. the tension builds as we have to balance on some loose beings above a deep abyss. my fear of heights escaped, did i turn the wheels to open the next door? next to us, we encounter one of our predecessors, or rather what remains of him. i take his sword with me. and here he is the miniature and that had moved from the looks of it. long ago i decided against doing military service, but the minute toward gives me no choice. i am forced to battle these pretty good channels, but help us on the way of his mailing the sunset house as well really exhausting research. it's amazing, and it's a 3 dimensional experience, the fear of heights that you feel, and even though you know you're not actually on solid ground,

couple one bodies you'd sent incredibly intensive, a really intense experience, assistance and didn't see this confusion sentence. these are found guns, also goodness, and what's remarkable about this project is that up to 4 players can be part of the experience. at the same time. i see that in talk to multi player interaction. and virtual reality is still relatively new in terms of it's a technology that's coming to good network communication between the b r headsets as a challenge photo. and that's what we're focusing on, making it faster and smoother. and so that for people really can interact with each other simultaneously in the virtual world to again con, motion capture is a well known technology for animating characters, including the minutes or the desperation on the face of the mentors. mother is captured with a smartphone you must be curse to tell you.

right off the clock. so we offer you a great deal of attention to detail has gone into designing the labyrinth and the characters and the game. our director electric pollution to also have to take technical limitations into account for the fall app, and we have to keep the data size smaller for the head size, which meant simplifying things. listen on time, that's probably opted for a stylized look rather than a photo. realistic one, gosh, do the same technology used in the labyrinth game is also used in this team. building software from austria and company pally, cooler. and this to the version on tablets. players work together to solve challenges on an alien spaceship and gain control of the craft. it's just exercise in teamwork. some vice below community outings provide when you are an apprentice, you might find yourself working in different departments. so with different people

. and they might use a different a convent already, but you do or approach problems in different ways. many of them permission to continue to just look up a lot on the game and try some foster awareness of those issues are and for calling century related to the possibilities of extended reality. you seem almost limitless, whether in education, vocational training, or cultural experiences, fashion processors and affordable hardware are making it more accessible. the trend is moving towards and increasingly more vivid, digital environments and, and immersive digital experience. and most eve, i as a merciful names and fully engaged with all my senses, really spinning. i feel like i'm at home in this new virtual world soon. and so go even feels like i can receive things like temperature and moisture and my body becomes an advertise we've already seen in the game we're developing here. who should be of us be here? and because extended reality is a digital illusion. for me, it was a real experience and experience. i look forward to repeating

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