00:00 Look, we know that as people get older, their blood stem cells accumulate mutations,
00:05 and we know that those mutations are one of the most powerful drivers of diseases that are common in older people,
00:10 like cancer and cardiovascular disease.
00:13 One of the things we're hoping to do in our new clinic at Canberra Hospital
00:17 is identify people who are at high risk of having those mutations, those abnormalities in their blood stem cells,
00:23 offer them specialised testing if they choose,
00:26 and offer them some counselling around their results that helps them modify their risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
00:32 And the big goal for us is preventing cancer, preventing heart attacks, and ultimately keeping people out of hospital.
00:38 In parallel with that work, which is really about information and understanding risk,
00:43 we're beginning work in clinical trials where we can help people who are at the highest risk of those problems
00:49 modify that risk and hopefully prevent some of the most complicated consequences of that, like cancer and heart disease.
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