Saturday
Feb272010
Futures in Biotech 54: Personal Genome Project - Leo's Genome?
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 10:43AM Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Leo Laporte
Guest: Dr. George Church, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Computational Genetics.
We are now at the crossroads of Genomics and Personalized Medicine. Dr. Church is forging the way. Church and his team at the Personal Genome Project hope to sequence 100,000 human genomes within the next few years. These people will be able to make medical decisions based on their molecular anatomy rather than their 'family history'. Moreover, the scientific community will have an enormous database in which they can mine. This will inevitably will lead to a better understanding of the molecular basis of disease. Church and his team will change medicine as we know it.
Reader Comments (3)
Marc,
Is this Joule Unlimited patent for “a proprietary organism” – a genetically adapted E. coli bacterium – that feeds solely on carbon dioxide and excretes liquid hydrocarbons: diesel fuel, jet fuel and gasoline for real?
George Church is one of the co-founders! Genius, if real.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/a-brave-new-world-of-fossil-fuels-on-demand/article1871149/
Thanks!
I think it's possible... Will have to read more.
Yes. With Church onboard, definitely.