Shahan
My father passed away after fighting a battle with Cholangiocarcinoma. Later, my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, after going through treatment she is now living a healthy life. But these episodes made us realise the problems faced by the doctors and researchers and the society in general. Every year thousands of people lose their life due to the high cost of genomic diagnosis or the slow speed of such analysis. Moreover, many countries even lack such facilities of genomic analysis. I wanted to solve this problem and wanted to create a solution that will enable faster, secure and even cheaper genomic data analysis. With this goal in mind, I was fortunate enough to come across like-minded and highly experienced researchers and clinicians. We believe we have the perfect skills, knowledge and motivation to bring biological and biomedical genomic analysis to clinicians and researchers. In this day and age, when we humans are planning to cross the horizon and reach Mars and beyond, letting people die of treatable and preventable causes is unacceptable
Sara Takkash
The idea behind newGenia is that genomic data analysis should be accessible to everyone. I believe it can also help prevent the loss of life of loved ones by early and easy identification of various diseases, such as solid cancers. That is why, as a new parent, I think about how different the future would be for my son’s generation. If genomic analysis is accessible, fast and affordable then informed decisions can be taken well ahead of time. There is nothing more noble than trying to help save lives. That is why when I was presented with the idea of newGenia I knew without a doubt that I want to be a part of this game changer.
Tetiana Alexandra
The potential of genetics is not just in personalised medicine and treating diseases, but also in predicting future problems and avoiding health damage. This leads to medicare economy and improved scientific research, which in turn helps in finding even better solutions. With rapidly developing IT technologies and advanced AI algorithms, genetics is the right field for their application. My passion is in Mathematics, Linguistics and Genetics. I strongly believe that different approaches from these fields will help us build a unique application.