You're listening to Business Daily. I'm Vivian Nunes and today we're taking a look at what

many are calling the future of medicine, genomics. It uses our DNA to diagnose rare disease.

But scientists say our genes hold far greater potential when it comes to improving our health.

We hear from one of the UK's leading genomic experts.

I think in 10 years, we'll think of genomic health care much more part of the mainstream. We'll

expect it to be part of how we look after people routinely. But what do you do if your child is

diagnosed with a rare illness that has no treatment?

We hear from a mother who founded a biotech firm to find answers.

I can tell you there are 8,000 rare diseases in this world.

It's virtually impossible for the entire pharmaceutical industry to work on each of them.

The fight against rare disease.

That's Business Daily from the BBC.

So Sophia is 11 now.

Physical disabilities have not actually held her back.

You know, she's simply undaunted by the fact that she doesn't have some of the qualities

and physical attributes that other children have.

Michelle Tang's daughter, Sophia, suffers from a rare form of lucid dystrophy.

It's an illness that affects a relatively small number of people, and so far it doesn't have a

treatment. Sophia was only diagnosed after doctors took a close look at her DNA, a process

known as genetic sequencing. In a moment, we'll hear how her mother

Michelle decided to fill the gap left by the pharmaceutical industry and co-found a company

to find new ways of treating this and other rare disease. But first, let's focus on this idea

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