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<DIV>From <A
href="http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2003/november/7123.htm">SeedQuest</A>:
Genetic code will become the dominant language in the world, making possible
everything from personalized prescriptions and diets to chickens with three
wings, while transforming the economy and society. Best-selling author Juan
Enriquez, Chairman and CEO of <A
href="http://www.biotechonomy.com/">Biotechonomy</A> and former Director of the
Life Sciences Project at Harvard Business School, told a Canadian audience last
week that Canada needs to educate its population and attract some of the world's
best brains to compete in this revolution. Enriquez stressed that countries in a
knowledge economy need only a few thousand smart people. "You can build the
richest country in the world on a Caribbean island by cherry-picking brains. You
don't have to move a bank account. You don't have to move a building. All you
have to move is brains. That's a very different economy," he said. Genomics will
have a revolutionary impact on numerous industries, including medicine,
insurance, pharmaceuticals, and information technology. Medicine will be based
on assessing whether genetic tendencies increase or decrease the probability of
disease, instead of whether a patient is sick or well. "That leads to a very
different type of medical system, because instead of getting a yes-no from a
doctor, they're getting a series of probability curves," he said. "Maybe you
should start taking chemotherapy before you get breast cancer. This is a very
different world. It's a world in which people are going to start getting
personalized prescription profiles. By the way, should your insurance agent
know, should your employer know, should the government
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