Episode Details
| Title | Godfather of Synthetic Bio on De-Aging, De-Extinction, & Weaponized Mirror Life — George Church |
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| Date | 6/26/2025 |
| Podcast | Dwarkesh Podcast ↗ |
Key Insights
Bullish:
- 🟢 $GENCOUN - Genetic counseling is seen as an underhyped and potentially competitive alternative to gene therapy, particularly for rare diseases. It offers a solution for genetic disorders that doesn't require complex gene therapy interventions.
- “I think genetic counseling is underhyped. It is, clearly competitive with gene therapy in a certain sense.” - George (1:13:33)
- “I've actually counseled my gene therapy companies that they should be investing in very common diseases because rare diseases have this genetic counseling solution, with the exception of spontaneous mutations and dominance, which probably are IVF clinic type solutions” - George (1:20:10)
- 🟢 $BIOTECH - 🔒
- 🟢 $DYNOTHER - 🔒
- 🟢 $SYNBIO - 🔒
Bearish:
- 🔻 $RAREGENE - 🔒