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The life-saving secrets in your baby's DNA | Robert C. Green - TED Talks Daily

The life-saving secrets in your baby's DNA | Robert C. Green - TED Talks Daily

Update: 2025-09-12
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What if we could get a heads-up about serious health issues before they begin, from the moment a baby is born? In this groundbreaking talk, geneticist and physician Robert C. Green shares how his team became the first in the world to comprehensively sequence and analyze the DNA of healthy newborns, revealing hidden risks for treatable conditions. The future of medicine isn’t just about curing illness, he says — it's about predicting and preventing it.



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The life-saving secrets in your baby's DNA | Robert C. Green - TED Talks Daily

The life-saving secrets in your baby's DNA | Robert C. Green - TED Talks Daily