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Neil Ward
VP of EMEA at PacBio, representing the sequencing company collaborating with the Estonian Biobank to generate high-quality long-read genome data and provide technical and bioinformatics support.
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Sep 20, 2024
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Estonia's biobank: Is this the first large-scale personalized medicine initiative?
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Neil Ward, VP of EMEA at PacBio, explains long-read sequencing and its role in high-quality genomes. Professor Lili Milani, head of the Estonian National Biobank, leads a volunteer-based program linking genetics with national health records. They discuss using population genomics for early detection, pharmacogenetics, privacy safeguards, scaling to whole-population sequencing, and how this model could be replicated elsewhere.
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