The $1,000 Genome

Episode 98

Kevin Davies - $1,000 Genome

Conversations That Matter features Kevin Davies who says the promise of mapping the human genome is about to be realized. In 2000 the world of medicine and research was all a flutter with possibility, the human genome project was about to wrap up and we were promised huge health benefits. That was 16 years ago and so far reality has come up short of the promised potential.

Davies, who authored the $1,000 Genome says all of that is about to change. As an example, he points to the Pharmacogenomics trials underway by the BC Pharmacy Association as a huge step forward in the delivery of designer medicine.

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