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Meet the ‘pangenome’ - it could save your life one day

Jill Margo
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A new era of diagnosing genetic disease has dawned with the publication on Wednesday of a world genome.

Called the human “pangenome” it uses new technology and aims to represent people of all ancestries.

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Jill Margo is based in the Sydney office. Jill has won multiple prizes, including two Walkley Awards and is an adjunct associate professor at School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia. Connect with Jill on Twitter. Email Jill at jmargo@afr.com

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