Danny Hillis Quotes

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

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

We all want our genetic information. Why would you not want genetic information?

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

If I can get people to accept that a DNA test is nothing to be intimidated about, then we can do tests that determine how well you metabolise certain drugs and test for breast cancer.

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

TIVO was a big shift in how people watched TV, but everyone understood the concept of TV. No one really understands the concept of, well why would I want my genetic information?

I am thrilled to see my genome.

You can get so much value just from being genotyped.

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

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.

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.

I think something very simple that everybody can do is they can participate in medical research as subjects. Personal genome project, for example, will take on as many subjects as we can find.

But full sequencing? No. Very hard to interpret. At some point probably we'll all have that opportunity but most of what's there will be stuff that we don't know what to say much about. So it's a great research tool, but for clinical purposes to advise somebody to practice better health maintenance, it's not necessarily gonna be a big one for a while.

We have learned nothing from the genome.

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

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

If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.

Universal vaccination may well be the greatest success story in medical history.

And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records.

It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but - bearing in mind my age and medical history - I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward.

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.

Our understanding of how DNA informs our health and development is advancing at an incredible pace.

FDA clearance is an important step on the path towards getting genetic information integrated with routine medical care.

Making personalized medicine a reality will require a strong partnership between 23andMe and the physician and medical communities.