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Genome Sequencing
Kurzweil predicts that AI will combine with biotechnology to defeat degenerative diseases this decade. Then things will get really interesting.
“It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a big resource, in that you can go in and do discovery-based research."
Researchers believe they have found a single point mutation in an infection-sensing gene that causes the autoimmune disorder.
The Human Genome Project put together 92% of our DNA blueprint. Here's what it took to complete the rest.
Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?