Dr. Collins my goodness. Where do i begin . It has been an amazing couple decades of taking that own insight into our human instruction book and beginning to figure out how to read it, written in this strange language with just four letters in the alphabet, and how to apply that to some basic lessons about how life works and how we can use that information to advance medical care. If you look at the place where genomics has become central to biomedical research, you cannot find a place where that is not the case. Everyone is using a variety of approaches to understand phenomenal questions about what cells do and how the brain works. What the micro biome is all about, the micro biomes that live in and on us. In terms of clinical applications, the most obvious one is in cancer. Now because we know cancer is a disease of the genome, it comes about because of misspellings in dna. We have the ability for individuals to say, why exactly are those cells doing what they shouldnt and how we sho
Two decades later, where arby are we . It is about beginning to figure out how to read it with just this strangely which how to apply that to some basic lessons about how life works and how we can use that information to advance medical care. Where look at the places this has become central to research, you cannot find a place where that is not the case. Everyone is using a variety of approaches to understand. Phenomenal questions about what cells do and how the brain works. In terms of clinical applications, the most obvious one is in cancer. We know cancer is a disease of the genome and comes about from misspellings in dna. We have the ability for individuals to say why cells are doing what they shouldnt how we choose therapy. Transformative for the management of cancer. We are getting closer to this era of Precision Medicine and can use this information to optimize individual plans to stay healthy. As well as a whole host of ways we could use this to identify the right drug for the
On Interest Rates. That was the take away from the central olbanks twodayy meeting where Interest Rates re left unchanged. Todays decision or perhaps better said nondecision follows three rate cuts this year, which was an abouface from from thet four inter rate hikes in 2018. Steve liesman reports from the Federal Reserve in washington. The Federal Reserve ended a momentous year forli monetary by launching what it one where the policy rate is likely on hold for what could be many months. The move to neutral folws three successive rate cuts in hike rates in 2019. Of plans to the fed called the current stance of policy quote appropriate. The feds overnight lending rate stands at a range of 1. 5 to 1. 75 . The fed chairman suggested that could be the case for a while to come. We believe the current stance of Monetary Policy supports sustained owth, a strong labor market and inflation near t symmetric 2 objective. As long as incoming information about economy remains broadly consistent wit
City, fremont, down across the south bay, into san jose. It is wet as we kickoff your wednesday. Your weather headlines. Scattered showers through the afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms and small hail is all possible. Already seeing small hail this morning. Were also going to catch sunshine. It is not going to be a complete washout with some sun, some showers, cool daytime highs and a few showers possible for thanksgiving. Daytime highs for today it is going to be cool, 53 concord. 51 for San Francisco. Grab your rain jacket as you wewet roadin ny tions. Yes, it is causing a lot of problems on the roadways. We have a Traffic Alert on the dumbarton bridge out of the east bay to the peninsula on the westbound side. A couple cars tangled up here. Injuries reported in the crash and now, it is blocking lanes. Were seeing almost an hour for the drive time. From 880 to marsh. Definitely use an alternate. San mateo bridge is a good alternate. A 20 minute drive time between 880 and 101. You can
Die. Thats the mantra so many businesses out here. The tsunami of invention disruption reaches far beyond this intense city and the valley that abuts it. The storm clouds darkening the fortunes of others in the inevitable riptide of creative destruction. The reverberations rattle whole industries with a wake so brutal they often determine the direction of stock prices in whole segments on a day where the dow dropped 55 points, s p lost. 16 and the nasdaq decreased. 24 lets just deal with the news. Take the biggest stock news of the day, the possible combination between shop and Td Ameritrade with the former buying the latter in a 26 billion combination that would create what might be an unbeatable 5 trillion online colossus these two companies have been sworn opponents ever since electronic trading became the way of the future more than 25 years ago. They have been in a battle for assets come on, its been incredible. And assets and commissions, the latter knowing no bounds with pervasi