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China’s genetics giant wants to tailor medicine to your DNA

22 mins | Nov 20, 2019
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Are we ready for a world where our DNA is used to inform medical decisions - and even personal ones? Chinese genetic company BGI is racing toward a world where your DNA informs your medical decisions. But with controversial projects such as finding an intelligence gene and outlawing birth defects, is the world ready for their genomic revolution? Writing in Bloomberg Businessweek, Matthew Campbell and Dong Lyu investigate.

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