Leroy Hood: Look to the Genome to Rebuild Health Care
September 29, 2008 | Source: Wired
Institute for Systems Biology co-founder Leroy Hood has a plan for curing the $2.3 trillion US health care system’s inefficiency and ineffectiveness:
– Using genome sequencing and blood tests, a doctor will be able to determine a patient’s probability of developing certain diseases for under $1000.
– Starting therapies in advance will cut the likelihood of illness.
– With billions of data points for every patient, drug therapies can be created to suit each genome.
– People will maintain their own health, not just by treating existing illnesses but by learning about their own predispositions.