The time is right to bring the full power of genomics to bear on the problem of cancer. Waiting another two years would have been too long. The biological research planets are aligned. |
These revelations arrive almost five years early from the original predictions of not having this information until 2005, and here we are. We have the first draft of our own book of life and we've read it from cover to cover, and we've discovered some pretty amazing surprises, |
This is a pair of programs where the public is the main winner. The genome has been compared to a textbook, and what we're talking about today is an opportunity to learn how to read that textbook in a more precise way. |
This is a stunning surprise, rather like finding out that the key to your house also works in the ignition of your car, |
This is a stunning surprise, rather like finding out that the key to your house also works in the ignition of your car. |
This is an audacious undertaking. |
This is not just an academic exercise by a bunch of nerdy gene hunters. This is an effort that will transform medicine. |
This is not just an academic exercise by a bunch of nerdy gene hunters. This is the engine that will transform medicine. |
We are still working with an incomplete compass. The time is right to bring the full power of genomics to bear on the problem of cancer. |
We can peek into evolution's lab notebook and see what went on there. |
We need effective legislation to make those kinds of misuse illegal, |
We've learnt fascinating lessons |
What a profound responsibility it is to do this work. Historians will consider this a turning point. |
You're going to see a proliferation of discoveries about the genetic contributions to diabetes and heart disease and high blood pressure and schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis and on down the list, |