Cracking the DNA code: can human genome sequencing help save lives in the NHS?
The Human Genome Project was an extraordinary leap forward for science.
Completed in 2003, it took 13 years and around £2.5 billion to sequence the first human genome. Today it’s possible in just days for under £800, opening the way for genome sequencing in healthcare.
But life is never simple. Interpreting a genome is complex: computing helps, but it’s still challenging to tell the difference between an innocent genomic ‘quirk’ and a dangerous, disease-causing ‘glitch’.
Dr Richard Sco
18:00 - 20:00
Free. Advance booking essential via website.
Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE
Tue 28 Mar 2017