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The future of genomics

About six years ago, I had my genome sequenced at 30-50x coverage by Veritas. It cost me $200. For an additional $100, I purchased my variant call file, which identified all the differences between my genome sequence and the reference human genome sequence. A friend of mine then built a spreadsheet for me so I […]

Personalized medicine

I went to an optometrist yesterday. Among the various gizmos I was assaulted with was a device that imaged the back of my eye. The doc showed me the images. In addition to my blood vessels, my optic nerves and my macula visible directly, the software also supplies tomography at various position across the field […]