San Diego Union-Tribune September 28, 2022
Speaking at the Illumina Genomics Forum in San Diego, Obama lauds advances in precision health care but frustration at the pace of adoption.
Former President Barack Obama lauded the advances that researchers are making in precision medicine but lamented the sluggish pace of adoption of these technologies in the U.S. health care system at an event in San Diego on Wednesday.
In a fireside chat-style talk to about 2,000 attendees at the Illumina Genomics Forum, Obama pointed to his 2015 Precision Medicine Initiative, which aimed to jumpstart the rollout of personalized health care.
“I would say that we have continued to make enormous strides on the research side,” he said. “The cost for genetic sequencing has continued to go...
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