Human Genome Project
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Afeyan: Celera Genomics was initially conceived as a biological Bloomberg Terminal
“Ultimately, the thing we decided to do was to become a content delivery company modeled after Bloomberg with the Bloomberg terminals, as you may remember. So Bloomberg takes public information, at least dated back then, annotates it, interconnects it, adds som…”
Afeyan: Celera sequenced the genome because the government project was too slow
“We needed to sequence the genome first, and we at first thought maybe the government can, the government's effort at the time would suffice, but it was going fairly slowly, and so we launched a, what It became a competitive effort, although it wasn't fully int…”
Hillenmeyer: Fungi share about 6,000 genes with humans
“So humans have about 20,000 genes we know now from the Human Genome Project. Fungi have about 6000 that are the same in humans, are very similar.”
Grazer: Several Craig Venter genome patents were ultimately ruled invalid
“Indeed a number of the patents that Craig Venter got were finally held not to be valid”
Walaliate: Genomics has few true healthcare applications 20 years after HGP
“We certainly haven't lived up to that, and in fact, it's been a little difficult to see exactly where genomics has had a true application today.”
Pandey: Sequencing cost drop from $3B enables commercial clinical genomics
“The other key part of what's now is that human genome project cost three billion dollars, and you know, that's a pretty hefty copay for someone to have to shell out. It's only now that genomics is starting to get actually to the point where you could imagine p…”