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Genomics and bioinformatics (market Russia)

Main article: Genomics and bioinformatics in Russia

Biohacking

Main article: Biohacking

Genetic engineering

• Genetic engineering (genetic engineering)
• Genetic data banks (biobanks, bio-repositories storing biological samples)
• Gene therapy drugs

2015

Personalized genomics

The main world trend that appeared abroad and should reach Russia after a while is personalized genomics. A good example is the company yFull, created by Russian programmers. It allows you to load the genome of one person, scanned by another company, and find out your place on the genetic tree of all people.

Genomic AppStore

An even larger project , Helix is preparing Illumina with co-investors: they will store the human genome in the cloud, and partners - commercial and scientific groups - can offer tools for its analysis. It should work out a kind of AppStore for the genome.

Reduce sequencing costs

Reducing the cost of sequencing is another pronounced trend, and devices become several times smaller, more compact and can be placed in the palm of an adult. For example, Oxford Nanopore is a clicker-sized sequencing device for presentation, with which you can decrypt your genome within an hour. This technology has just appeared and is being tested, it is too early to talk about its reliability, but the direction of further development is very clearly traced.

Human genome modifications

Over the past year, genetic engineers using CRISPR technology have almost learned to change the adult genome in an arbitrary way - this is another topic actively discussed by the world community. In a few years, such technology will become available to patients, it will be a revolution in bioinformatics and its main issue will be how you can change the human genome to improve the health of each person. That is, it will be possible to talk not just about personal medicine, but about creating the possibility of editing the genome.