EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Our nation’s bioscience industry is making scientific discoveries, generating quality jobs, producing positive economic impact, and helping people in this country and throughout the world. Much of this success can be traced to the Human Genome Project, which achieved the bold goal of sequencing an entire human genome. In the two decades since this groundbreaking achievement, advancements have transformed humanity’s ability to treat and diagnose pediatric diseases, cancer, and infectious disease, accelerate drug development, and improve agricultural practices to feed and fuel a growing population. Today, Americans in academia and industry are working on the most challenging problems in human health and agriculture. At HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama, our scientists conduct discovery-based research alongside over 50 resident associate companies that move discoveries into real-world applications through products and services to help patients, educators, farmers, and the public. A 501(c)(3) non-profit institute, HudsonAlpha is home to leaders in childhood genetic disorders, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and plant genomics. These men and women are uncovering and applying cutting-edge research to impact the clinic, the farm, and a host of other industries. Often, this is happening through collaborations with scientists across the country. This Biotechnology Discoveries and Application Guidebook is crafted with policymakers in mind, highlighting recent findings, breakthroughs, and applications of innovative genomics technologies. The articles provide a small sampling of the thousands of global research advances over the past two years. There is information on genetics; clinical applications of genetics and genomics; cancer; bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens; and agriculture. Genomics is an important tool across the life science landscape, shaping conversations in agriculture, health, bioinformatics, ethics, science-related funding, regulation, and legislation. The purpose of the Guidebook is to provide content and context around these topics. On behalf of HudsonAlpha, I am excited to bring you these stories.
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With very best regards,
J. Carter Wells Vice President for Economic Development HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology cwells @ hudsonalpha.org
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