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Exciting but mundane. A lot has been invested but there have been very few useful results. It turns out the genome offers very little more than you already know
by eggie 11y ago
Exciting but mundane. A lot has been invested but there have been very few useful results. It turns out the genome offers very little more than you already know from living in your body every day.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoMundane for the most part, but horrifying in other aspects. Imagine if we were able to identify who was likely to be gay back a few decades ago, say during the AIDs scare? Or imagine what would happen even today in places where homosexuals are put to death?
- noname123 11y agoThanks eggie for your insight. Was wondering if you can give more specifics as to what you think are the challenges in going from a human genome assembly to drug discovery.
- magicalist 11y agoThere's a wealth of knowledge in there, it just turns out it's incredibly complicated and everything is interrelated (exactly as you'd expect from a system that evolved). The problem is that the media has been selling this idea of personalized medicine for decades now on the premise that we'll find a single gene for every malady and physical advantage and be able to then tweak them at will.
- fao_ 11y agoGenome sequencing is extrememly useful for targeting things like cancer treatments[1][2], etc. It's still in its infancy, and needs some more time. [1](Couldn't find a better source): http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2015/05/05/ibms-watson-enters-market-for-analyzing-cancer-genetics/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2015/05/05/ibms-wa... [2]: http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/targeted-therapies/targeted-therapies-fact-sheet http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/targeted-...