Precision Health - Transforming Australia’s Health

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Narrator: Life, full of mystery and wonder, a journey with no road map to guide us.

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But, what if there was a map?

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What if we could see what was coming?

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If there was a high chance you would develop cancer later in life, would you want to know early?

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What if knowing early meant you could get better help to prevent it?

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While Australia has the third highest life expectancy in the world, we also spend more of our last years of life sicker than any other developed country.

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But now science is giving us the chance to stay healthier for longer.

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We now know that while DNA is important, how and why your body activates genes within your DNA maybe even more important and by uncovering secrets about the microbiome and its role in different diseases,

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we can move from a health system based on the average person to a personalised system based on you.

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A system where diet, lifestyle and medical advice is based on what diseases you’re most at risk of and early planning on how to intervene.

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Imagine exercise tailored for your genetic make-up and new foods, diets and ingredients that give you all the nutrition your body needs.

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Knowing your body better gives you the power to take control of your own personal health profile and gives a road map to live your best life.

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Precision health, your future, your health.

[Music plays and text appears on a blue screen: CSIRO, Australia’s innovation catalyst]