Hopefully, Cartagene will include the public in its research findings and announcements. Governance approaches to population genomics studies can quickly become a dangerous weapon if they are kept proprietary.

Also, while it's nice to see something like this in Quebec, I hope it doesn't become another of those really cutting-edge scientific and policy breakthroughs that benefit only a small proportion of the world's population.

Other than that, localized genetic databases seem a logical step in pushing health services to the next level.