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Why sequencing the human genome failed to produce big breakthroughs in disease

  • Written by Ari Berkowitz, Presidential Professor of Biology; Director, Cellular & Behavioral Neurobiology Graduate Program, University of Oklahoma
Early proponents of genome sequencing made misleading predictions about its potential in medicine.Natali_ Mis/Shutterstock.com

An emergency room physician, initially unable to diagnose a disoriented patient, finds on the patient a wallet-sized card providing access to his genome, or all his DNA. The physician quickly searches the genome, diagnoses...

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