Melanie Swan interviewed at OSCON 2010
summary
Claims rapid fall in sequencing costs with concrete numbers: 23andMe $400, retail whole genome from $350,000 to $100,000 to $20,000, materials cost ~$1,500 and improvement at 10x per year versus Moore‑like 1.5x. Argues open‑source community should build million‑member biobanks, storage, algorithms and permissioning; predicts billion data points per person, integrated genomic/biomarker/environment streams, quantified‑self apps for preventive medicine, and a redefined physician role as health adviser rather than sole diagnostician.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Defining personal genomics
- 0:21Open source in healthtech
- 1:00Declining cost of sequencing
- 1:51Managing massive health data
- 2:35Future of preventive medicine
- 3:32Shifting roles in healthcare
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