Deep Dive: Deep Dive Into Genetic Insights

As recent as 2 decades ago, the thought of applying genetic insights to clinical care was merely a pipe dream. Today, genetic testing is available and more accessible, and translational research continues to show the value of these insights into both personalized approaches to care as well as the development of new, targeted therapeutics. Yet, we still have so much to learn, and that is the motivation behind a large-scale community research initiative that will collect genetic data from 100,000 people to assess for actionable information related to certain types of cancer and cardiovascular disease. In an interview with CGTLive, Daniel Judge, MD, a professor of medicine in cardiology at the Medical University of South Carolina, discusses some of the translational science that has him especially excited, including applications of gene editing and silencing for cardiology-related disorders.