Genomics

Ten years ago, the British National Health Service launched the “100,000 Genomes Project,” which now has expanded to a 5 million genomes effort.  Science writer Molly Campbell, in her interview with Genomics England director, has a succinct statement about the original project’s legacy: “A particularly impactful application of these technologies [next generation sequencing] is in the study of health and disease. Our deeper understanding of human physiology and pathophysiology at the genetic level is facilitating a personalized and tailored approach to healthcare that considers the individual and their unique constitution, rather than stratifying patients into large, population-size groups.”  Not long ago, this statement was completely fanciful.    MORE

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