“Convergence” involves combining technological and social innovation in ways that guide divergent, out-of-the-box ideas into daily life. Ideally, this convergence will create solutions that improve health care, while reducing costs and social inequities. Instead of sequencing only the 1% coding regions of the human genome, we can do so much more thanks to engineered, 20-million-fold improvements in the cost and quality of sequencing equipment. Instead of coarse tissue sampling, we now perform single-cell profiling and sophisticated molecular imaging. Rather than DNA editing by hatchet, we’re now able to make precise changes at multiple genetic sites, enabling complex gene and cell therapies. This is just the beginning: The future of medicine will bring even more convergent innovations that will revolutionize health care.
Негізгі бет Convergent Innovation in Genomic Medicines by George Church, Ph.D.
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