Sometime in the next few years, for $1,000 or less, you’ll be able to have your entire personal genome sequenced, and the relevant genomic and medical data will fit on a thumb drive.
That will represent a remarkable advance in the march toward truly personalized medicine—but it’s also just the beginning of an even larger story.
A series of breakthroughs in medical science and information technology are triggering a convergence between the healthcare industry and the life-sciences industry, a convergence that will quickly lead to more intimate—and interactive—relationships among people, their doctors, and biopharmaceutical companies.
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