Richard Resnick: Welcome to the genomic revolution

http://www.ted.com In this accessible talk from TEDxBoston, Richard Resnick shows how cheap and fast genome sequencing is about to turn health care (and insurance, and politics) upside down.

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[alienisuntverus]

It's amazing how far and fast science is improving now. It was less than a decade ago when the human genome was sequenced and we went form machines taking 15 years for one genome to machines that take a week for multiple genomes.

[terraki]

double the mics, double the knowledge

[radoxme]

If you found the 'optimal gene' for each feature that person would be dead at birth, a complete arsehole, ugly as sin or all three. You mark my fucking words: natural selection is the only way to improve us.

[JoshuaHults]

awwwww 1st step to trying to stop genetic entropy. This has a lot of good use, but it will be used later on to decide who and who can't have kids to try to slow down genetic entropy. Mark my words

[Roger Gouveia]

its expected that to the end of this year it will be done in less than a day for less than a thousand dollars. Its getting really difficult to doubt the technological singularity.

[Nick77777able]

gmo= food with pesticide spliced in. sounds sooo healthy doesnt it

[DavidL999]

Excellent talk, one of the best I've seen!

[CanadianImperialist]

GMOs will solve the food problem, lady, in fact pretty much al the food you eat has been modified DUH

[CanadianImperialist]

amazing talk, this is why iam subsrcibed

[Irina Shulkin]

Life technology is one of the GMO production. This guy attitude is like he did it by himself. He misrepresents the whole thing as he has never mentioned what exactly shoots the gen into deletion and expression of disease. He is a drug/technology pusher without organic natural approach. hahahahaha he is actually said it that GMO will save the problem of food

[Haliotro]

GMOs have never made anyone sick... idiot