Narcolepsy 360

Dr. George Church is a Professor at Harvard & MIT, co-author of 580 papers, 143 patent publications & the book "Regenesis"; developed methods used for the first genome sequence (1994) & million-fold cost reductions since (via fluor-NGS & nanopores), plus barcoding, DNA assembly from chips, genome editing, writing & recoding; co-initiated BRAIN Initiative (2011) & Genome Projects, machine learning for protein engineering, tissue reprogramming, organoids, xeno-transplantation, in situ 3D DNA, RNA and  protein imaging.  He is also a person with Type 1 Narcolepsy.  In this episode, Dr. Church shares his diagnosis story which occurred alongside his daughter’s diagnosis of narcolepsy. He offers insight on how he navigated his symptoms prior to diagnosis. He also shares how he currently manages his symptoms to live optimally at home and in his thriving lab. Claire was fortunate enough to have Dr. Church explain what his lab focuses on and if he has any future plans to conduct narcolepsy resea