“The question is, are there useful things that we can do with the results of a genome sequence that would bring benefit? And the answer is, today, should the majority of people go and have their genome sequenced? Probably not. But are there particular circumstances in which genome sequencing is really helpful? Yes, there are.”

British medical scientist

Sir Mark Jeremy Walport is a British medical scientist. He served as the United Kingdom’s Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 2013 to 2017 and later became Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation, or UKRI, from 2017 to 2020. In 2023, he became Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society. His public work has centred on science policy and research leadership, moving between government and national scientific institutions.