It's an extremely important time in science, this genomic revolution that's going on around us. Scientific groups are knocking out these genomes on a regular rate now and are really hitting their stride in their ability to do this quickly and relatively cheaply. |
They represent about 30 percent of all proteins in the human genome, but they represent something like 70 percent of all targets for drugs. So they're particularly important for health-related research. |
We're an integral part of the research programs of somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 investigators, mostly in the United States. There is no other center that does this. |