Revolution postponed.

• Autores: Stephen S. Hall
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 303, Nº. 4, 2010, págs. 60-67
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the Human Genome Project which according to the author, has failed to achieve its objectives. A brief historical overview of the Human Genome Project is presented, which includes information on the Project's completion of a rough draft of the human genome, and how the project revolutionized biology research despite the lack of medical applications that it has yielded. Topics include an overview of an argument by some geneticists who think that the common variant hypothesis, which is a strategy for seeking medical insights into common diseases, is flawed, and how the Project's next-generation methods are expected resolve the controversy and advance research into the genetic aspects of disease. INSETS: Divergent Views;The Logic behind Genome Studies;What Now?.