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a16z Podcast: When Will Genomics Live Up to the Hype? – Andreessen Horowitz
It’s been nearly 15 years since the Human Genome Project was completed. But “are we there yet” in the golden age of genomics? What did we think we’d have by now, what do we actually have, and what do we really still need to make genomics live up to its promise? Well, one thing we now understand is that our DNA isn’t static; in fact, it changes at an absolutely staggering rate.
Some interesting quotes from the podcast:
"The promise was that we would cure all disease. Now that was 20 years ago....in fact its been a little difficult to see where genomics has had a true application today."
"Your DNA, your genome is not static throughout your lifetime....your genome changes at a ridiculous rate and the fact that we thought taking one persons genome at one snapshot was going to answer, you know, every question about diseases and things like that was just ludicrous in retrospect". (Ray would have told them this 20 years ago
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"....the rate at which your DNA is copied in your body is about 500 terabytes per second..."
It’s been nearly 15 years since the Human Genome Project was completed. But “are we there yet” in the golden age of genomics? What did we think we’d have by now, what do we actually have, and what do we really still need to make genomics live up to its promise? Well, one thing we now understand is that our DNA isn’t static; in fact, it changes at an absolutely staggering rate.
Some interesting quotes from the podcast:
"The promise was that we would cure all disease. Now that was 20 years ago....in fact its been a little difficult to see where genomics has had a true application today."
"Your DNA, your genome is not static throughout your lifetime....your genome changes at a ridiculous rate and the fact that we thought taking one persons genome at one snapshot was going to answer, you know, every question about diseases and things like that was just ludicrous in retrospect". (Ray would have told them this 20 years ago
)"....the rate at which your DNA is copied in your body is about 500 terabytes per second..."
