title: API et génome

> What does this all mean? If genome sequencing is fast and cheap, analysis and interpretation are accurate, and genomic data is put into a wider context so that we can leverage insights in daily practice, many new things quickly become possible.
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> The genome is in many senses a database that we have constructed and curated and built new interfaces to. As a result, it will soon be the latest addition to what has for been referred to as the API Economy.
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> <cite>*[Coming soon: An API for the human genome](http://venturebeat.com/2015/06/27/coming-soon-an-api-for-the-human-genome/)* ([cache](/david/cache/226f37b863bc19c8693acaefa3503504/))</cite>

La biologie et le Web commencent à converger sérieusement. C’est à la fois effrayant et excitant. J’ai peut-être une carte à jouer dans tout ça :-).