Gene Therapy offers powerful, intriguing possibilities for medicine that allow us to imagine a different approach to chronic disease. This talk by a Cancer Biologist explores how scientists look at nature closely to discover new therapies for age-related diseases including cancer. Matthew Pech is an accomplished scientist who has spent his career turning insights from the human genome into new cancer medicines. He currently leads drug discovery efforts at Tensixteen Biosciences, a biotech developing therapeutics to intercept pre-cancerous blood conditions. Matthew has a PhD in cancer biology from Stanford, and dual majors in economics and biology from Dartmouth. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx