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conversations that matter: knowing your genome

genome b.c.'s boss talks about how his agency's work helps people he and elsewhere

by vancouver sun

jun 24 2022
read time 1 minute read
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by: stu mcnish, special to the sun
do you know your a’s, c’s, g’s and t’s?
they are the four types of bases in a dna molecule which consists of two strands wound around each other to form an organism’s complete set of dna, called its genome.
dna carries the instructions for making specific proteins or sets of proteins. there are about 20,000 genes in the human genome located on 23 pairs of chromosomes which are packed into the nucleus of a human cell.
“it’s remarkably complex and remarkably important,” says pascal spothelfer, ceo of genome b.c., “as we move toward a future that will allow us to make informed and specific decisions about our health, the health of all other living beings, plants and the environment.”
here in vancouver, genome b.c. has been leading the way in the expansion of knowledge and specific beneficial advances in science and technology. covid- 19 research was one such benefactor.
pascal spothelfer joined a conversation that matters about the role genome b.c. is playing in our lives and in the expansion of scientific research and biomedical technology.
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