Camilla Pang: How can science guide my life?

<p>Dr Camilla Pang is a bioinformatician, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder when she was eight years old.</p><p>Her first book, <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/314/314264/explaining-humans/9780241409602.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Explaining Humans</em></a> (£14.99, Viking), is a guide to navigating life, love and relationships using the lessons she’s learned in her scientific career so far.</p><p>In it she draws on examples from how the different proteins in the human body can reflect the different roles in a social group, to the way how light refracts through a prism helping her to break down fear into something manageable.</p><p>In this episode of the <em>Science Focus Podcast</em>, she discusses her current work using <a href="http://sciencefocus.com/tag/disease" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">disease</a> and <a href="http://sciencefocus.com/tag/cancer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cancer</a> data, along with machine learning methods, to find patterns that can be used in healthcare and lead to the development of therapies.</p><p>She also explains how her neurodiversity has affected the way she works.</p><p>If you have a burning science question you want an expert to answer, send them to us on twitter at&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/sciencefocus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sciencefocus</a>, and we may answer them in a future episode.</p><ul><li><strong>Subscribe</strong>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<em>Science Focus Podcast</em>&nbsp;on these services:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.acast.com/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Acast</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/science-focus-podcast/id1296673906?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">iTunes</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/immediate-media-2/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://rss.acast.com/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" ta