Thursday, September 1, 2011

From NYT: Rapid genomic sequencing. "Transformative"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/science/30microbe.html?_r=2&hpw

"Suppose a patient came in, dying of a rapidly progressing infection of unknown origin? How could they figure out the cause and prevent an epidemic? They talked for hours, finally agreeing on a strategy.

That night one of the doctors, James M. Musser, chairman of pathology and genomic medicine at the Methodist Hospital System, heard from a worried resident. A patient had just died from what looked like inhalation anthrax. What should she do?

“I said, ‘I know precisely what to do,’ ” Dr. Musser said."

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