Anne Wojcicki Quotes

Your genome sequence will become a vital part of your medical record, thereby providing critical information about how to optimize your wellness.

I'm a big believer in what's called personalized medicine, which refers to customizing your health care to your specific needs based on your physiology, genetics, value system and unique conditions.

The question is, are there useful things that we can do with the results of a genome sequence that would bring benefit? And the answer is, today, should the majority of people go and have their genome sequenced? Probably not. But are there particular circumstances in which genome sequencing is really helpful? Yes, there are.

The involvement of clinicians, researchers, and, most importantly, the thousands of people who have donated DNA samples will help us to correlate genetic variation with individual variation in health and disease and help to deliver on the long-term promise of the Human Genome Project.

We need 10,000 genomes, not 100, to start to understand the link between genetics, disease and wellness.

I have had my genome fully sequenced and have learned a great deal about which medications I would respond to and which might or would induce major side effects, along with knowing many medical conditions for which I'm particularly susceptible.

Not only can consumers handle their personal genetic information, but they are getting genomically oriented and anchored about such data.

Genome-based treatment, based on wider and cheaper availability of genome data, will provide new ways to customize the therapeutic protocol and enhance our control over diseases and medical treatment.

I do believe at some point in time everyone will be genotyped at birth.

Physicians should be genotyped.

The science of genetics will complicate immensely national health insurance.

You can get so much value just from being genotyped.

Genetic testing in the future is going to be seen as critical as testing your cholesterol.

Once we all have our genomes, some of these extremely rare diseases are going to be totally predictable.

Everybody is going to want to look at their genetics. You're going to want to get a genetic profile.

Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.

While our amplified knowledge of genetics - and the increasing precision of the field - does make it tempting to take on celebrity cases, retro-genetics can't always provide clear answers.

I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about genetic information and what you can and cannot learn.

My family and I were some of the first people to be genotyped.

I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about genetic information and what you can and cannot learn. One of the things we try to do is educate individuals that knowing information is empowering.

What I really wanted was for everybody to have their genome and, ideally, everybody to share their genome, and for that, we needed to bring the price way down.

Now, as the world's scientists focus with increasing intensity on transforming the genetic codes of every living creature into information that can be used to treat and ultimately prevent disease, Shenzhen is home to a different kind of factory: B.G.I., formerly called Beijing Genomics Institute, the world's largest genetic-research center.

Our own genomes carry the story of evolution, written in DNA, the language of molecular genetics, and the narrative is unmistakable.

I get really excited about specific therapies, personalized therapies. Like, let's say, taking a piece of someone's tumor and testing a bunch of treatments in a lab and being able to come up with the right therapy for that specific patient.

The Human Genome Project has given us a genetic parts list.