The journey to 100,000 genomes
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Pinpointing the beginning of the 100,000 Genomes Project isn’t easy. It could be argued that Crick, Franklin and Watson started it all in 1953; or Frederick Sanger’s pioneering sequencing technologies in the late ‘70s; perhaps the Human Genome Project in 2003; or even the UK10K project in 2008.
Our journey, however, began in 2012 with the announcement of the Project and, in 2013, the creation of Genomics England to drive it to completion.
The background to the odyssey was a recognition that advances in genomics, informatics and analytics brought closer the possibility of more precise diagnosis, alongside personalised and targeted treatments. In 2012, science could see the potential to identify the underlying cause of disease, predict how a person might respond to specific interventions and determine who was at risk of developing an illness.
The stumbling block? Nobody had ever tried.
The UK was brave enough to lead the way – announcing the ground-breaking 100,000 G...
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