George Church at PopTech 2009

  • George Church
  • Professor, Genetics and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School

Know Your Genes: Geneticist George Church believes that genome sequencing can bring us closer to personalized medicine. Several years ago, Church launched the Personal Genome Project, a public database that connects genes to diseases as well as physical and biological characteristics. 100,000 volunteers are expected to contribute by 2010.