Hunting Disease Origins By Whole-Genome Sequencing

ChocSnorfler writes "James Lupski, a physician-scientist who suffers from a neurological disorder called Charcot-Marie-Tooth, has been searching for the genetic cause of his disease for more than 25 years. Late last year, he finally found it — by sequencing his entire genome. While a number of human genome sequences have been published to date, Lupski's research is the first to show how whole-genome sequencing can be used to identify the genetic cause of an individual's disease."

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Re:Can of Worms?

[Ja'Achan]

Humans are animals, true, but we are the first animals which can transcend that fact.

I see that way too often. Just because we know how to fly a plane, doesn't mean we are no longer in any way bound to the forces of nature.