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Today on FYI – For Your Innovation we are joined by George Church, Ph.D. for a high-level discussion with ARK’s genomics analysts, Simon Barnett and Manisha Samy, on the current and future status of the field of genetics. Professor Church is a pioneer of synthetic biology and an influencer in the field of genomics. He is a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, the Director of personalgenomics.org and a cofounder of a multitude of companies! His innovations have led to technological breakthroughs in the areas of next generation DNA sequencing and CRISPR gene editing, amongst many others. Our conversation in this episode covers a wide range of topics within genomics including next generation oncology, the security and regulation of genetic information, gene editing and the increasing speed of the genomic revolution. Professor Church gives us the inside and expert scoop on how exciting things in his world are and how this may become more of a reality for all of us sooner than you think. For all this and more be sure to join us!