The era of genomic medicine is beginning

We know more about how the human body works -- how we live and die -- than we ever have before. We've mapped the human genome, the blueprint that's largely responsible for who we are, and scientists are now able to sequence a person's individual genome for less than $1,000. In theory, this could provide doctors with an unprecedented amount of medical information about a patient. As the price of genetic testing continues to fall and the value of the information we're getting from those tests cont...