'Supercharged' genomics: 100 years of breakthroughs possible in 10 years

A "supercharged" approach to human genome research could see as many health breakthroughs made in the next decade as in the previous century, says Brad Perkins, chief medical offer at Human Longevity Inc. "I don’t have a pill" to boost human lifespan, Perkins admitted on stage at WIRED Health 2015. But he has perhaps the next best thing -- data, and the means to make sense of it. Based in San Diego, Human Longevity is fixed on using genome data and analytics to develop new ways to fight...

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