The doctor will see your phone now: Sequencing and speedy diagnosis give chance of timely care

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The doctor will see your phone now: Sequencing and speedy diagnosis give chance of timely care

Alan

Perrott

aperrott@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 15 March 2023, 10:00 AM

An era of effective new gene therapies has arrived, though there are concerns over privacy and security [Image: Olena Yepifanova on iStock]

Journalist Alan Perrott travelled to Melbourne last month for Pathology Update 2023 hosted by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. The meeting had been held online since 2020 due to the COVID pandemic and attracted 1300 attendees from across the region.

In this Cover Story, Alan Perrott grills a leader in genome sequencing and artificial intelligence on the future of healthcare

Positive results for genetic disease…will probably be the first thing primary care physicians experience from our work A patient walks into a con

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