1. But he added that the link is readily apparent only with the kind of high-resolution genome map that his group is completing. 2. Completion of a human genome map is still years away. 3. Having the genome map will allow tests to be developed to catch such side effects in advance. 4. I wish my friend Craig Venter had not revealed that his DNA is a part of the human genome map. 5. Previously, it had been widely expected that the publication of the genome maps would reveal the genetic causes of diseases and speed the search for medicines. 6. Scientists made a splash earlier this year when they unveiled the human genome map and revealed that we have only a few more genes than Mickey Mouse. 7. Scientists are beginning to construct a special kind of genome map that would provide a shortcut to locating the variant human genes that predispose people to common diseases. 8. That is why the genome map we now have stands for all humans. 9. The genome map, however, is also possibly the most inscrutable map ever produced. 10. The imminent completion of the human genome map has been heralded as the next fundamental advance in medical knowledge. |