Your genome sequence will become a vital part of your medical record, thereby providing critical information about how to optimize your wellness.
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Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.
The goal of getting your genome done is not to tell you what you will die from, but it's how to learn how to take action to prevent disease.
We need 10,000 genomes, not 100, to start to understand the link between genetics, disease and wellness.
Although not yet routine, many cancer centers have the technology to sequence some or all of a patient's cancer genome. This can provide massive amounts of valuable information about your cancer, including whether you have genetic mutations and other abnormalities for which new drugs are available.
The genome was once thought to be just the blueprint for a living organism, like a combination of the architect's plan for a building and the builder's list of supplies. It specified the parts, the building blocks, and, somehow, the design of the whole, the way in which they are to be put together.
An important finding is that by determining the genome sequences of an entire family, one can identify many DNA sequencing errors and thus greatly increase the accuracy of the data. This will ultimately help us understand the role of genetic variations in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
The mouse genome is an invaluable tool to interpret the human genome.
I thought we'd just sequence the genome once and that would be sufficient for most things in people's lifetimes. Now we're seeing how changeable and adaptable it is, which is why we're surviving and evolving as a species.
There is a long history of how DNA sequencing can bring certainty to people's lives.
Living in your genome is the history of our species.