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enhance public engagement and genomic literacy, the goal of bringing genomic and precision medicine into
our healthcare with substantial clinical and economic benefits is not far to reach.

DECLARATIONS
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Crystal Y. T. Chan, Joycelyn W. C. Kwok, and Robert Branan for helping to prepare
the editorial draft.

Authors’ contributions
Conceptualisation and critical review: Chu ATW, Chung BHY

Availability of data and materials
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Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
Both authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval
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Copyright
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