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Women in Science Who Have Paved the Way Forward in Genetics

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The Human Genome Project recently marked 20 years since the publication of the first full sets of human genomic sequences, an endeavor that spanned well over a decade. Today, new next-generation sequencing technologies allow for the sequencing of complex genomes within just a day or two. Emmanuelle Charpentier.

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The future of genomic medicine: can it fulfil its promises?

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Here he gives us a deeper look at how genomic medicine is evolving and the barriers that are preventing it from reaching its full potential. As mentioned, this accounts for roughly 1-2% of the genome, so there’s 98% that we’re not actually looking at yet because we don’t know what it does. “It’s

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