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stay focused on medical care,” he
tells me.
“I have an obligation to use
what I know to try to bring real,
usable medical science to every
doctor and bedside and patient,”
he says.
In a sense, he is returning to his
ethnic communitarian roots as
Hakka Chinese. Only now, the community is the entire human race
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and all of the DNA, proteomic and
cellular information we possess.
“We need to and must protect
privacy,” Soon-Shiong says. “But
I think that people will be willing
and even eager to share medical
information about themselves for
the greater good of mankind.”
Until recently, few outside of
the health care industry or LA
knew about Soon-Shiong. But
now, he is carefully stepping into
the media limelight to promote his
ideas, his company and his values.
Soon-Shiong
speaks with
former record
executive and
fellow Lakers
courtside
seat holder
Joe Smith.