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James Hadfield

James Hadfield

Aug 19, 2026

5:16
So James, can you tell us what led to this interesting idea, and why do you think this would be an interesting approach in the near future or perhaps has already started?
5:27
So before I get there, I'll just step in and correct one thing you said, that each cancer has its epigenome signature.
5:33
Every cell type in the body has a unique epigenetic signature.
5:37
When we're doing cancer tissue of origin, we're actually detecting the cell type origin signal.
5:43
There's a cancer signal as well, but it's, it's separate and distinct.
5:46
And so for our toxicity monitoring, it's that tissue, exquisitely specific tissue signal we're looking for each time.
5:54
This work from my side started probably six or seven years ago with a conversation with a colleague in a different part of AstraZeneca, our respiratory medicine space.
9:45
How do you see that from a futuristic standpoint? This is a very complex question, I understand that part, but where does this go if you look at how the MRD assessments have gone in the last five years?

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